Psychosocial Problems on Defendants in Detention Center

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Title

Psychosocial Problems on Defendants in Detention Center

Subject

defendant,
detention,
psychosocial
problems

Description

Introduction: Psychosocial problems can trouble anyone. Defendants living
at a detention center have high risk of experiencing psychosocial problems
due to restrictions on social relations with people outside. The purpose of
this study was to determine the psychosocial problems experienced by
defendants in Pekalongan Detention Center.
Methods: This research was a descriptive with cross sectional study
approach. The population in this study were all inmates in the detention
center with a sample of 99 inmates, chosen by using a simple random
sampling technique. The inclusion criteria in this study were inmates who
lived in the Pekalongan Detention Center, aged older than 18 years, and
were not physically sick when the study was conducted. This research was
conducted at the Pekalongan Detention Center from August to September
2021. The instrument used in this study was the Self Reporting
Questionnaire (SRQ).
Results: The results showed that 76 people (76.77%) faced psychosocial
problems. Meanwhile, 23 people (23.23%) did not have any psychosocial
problem or were in a psychosocially healthy condition. Psychosocial
problems experienced by the respondents were feeling unhappy, feeling
worried, having headaches, having difficulties in making decisions, and
feeling tired all the time.
Conclusion: Most of the defendants in Pekalongan Detention Center had
psychosocial problems.

Creator

Aisyah Dzil Kamalah1*

, Eka Budiarto1

Source

https://doi.org/10.37363/bnr.2022.3291

Date

21 July 2022

Contributor

peri irawan

Format

pdf

Language

english

Type

text

Files

Collection

Citation

Aisyah Dzil Kamalah1* , Eka Budiarto1, “Psychosocial Problems on Defendants in Detention Center,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed April 26, 2026, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/11421.