Dyspozycyjny optymizm u osób pracujących podczas odbywania kary pozbawienia wolności

Abstract

Work is one of the rehabilitation interactions used for centuries with convicts. It has changed its functions, although at the moment it does not serve as a punitive measure, but rather as a motivating factor for change. Numerous monographs and articles have been written about the work of convicts, but most of them show only the legal aspect of its execution. However, from a practical point of view, it is also important to examine to what extent it can be directly linked to changes in the attitudes and behaviour of those who have committed a crime. Therefore, it was decided to conduct research aiming at determination of the level of dispositional optimism in convicts working while serving a criminal sentence. It was assumed that in the study the dependent variable is the level of dispositional optimism, and the independent variables: the two-year period of work performed by convicts while serving a prison sentence and the professional status of the respondents. The study was conducted twice using the Life Orientation Test (LOT-R) by Michael F. Scheier, Charles S. Carver and Michael W. Bridges in an adaptation of Zygfryd Juczyński.