Abstract
Adolescent inmates are a population that is vulnerable to depression because being a prisoner is a hard life for adolescents. All the pressure in prison will be a major cause of depression for juvenile prisoners while in detention. In addition, feelings of fear caused by public perceptions of free teenage inmates will make prisoners increasingly feel isolated. Therefore, to reduce these impacts, self-acceptance is needed. The purpose of this study is to describe the aspects of self-acceptance that exist in adolescent prisoners in prison. Samples were collected form 46 prisoners adolescents by applying the purposive sampling technique. The instruments used were self-acceptance questionnaires which has a reliability score of 0.934 (Alpha Cronbach).Data analysis used aquantitative approach with descriptive methods. The results of self-acceptance juvenile inmates obtained an average score of 155.93 (hight self-acceptance category) with an average percentage category of 70.88%.
Highlights
Prison with the concept of isolation can cause serious psychological, physical, and developmental disorders in adolescent prisoners (American Civil Liberties Union, 2014)
Self-acceptance of adolescent prisoners is described in five categories: very high, high, medium, low, and very low
Psychological aspects can be measured by focusing on self-confidence and self-respect, acceptance of treatment from others, and surrender to God the latter is the social aspect can be measured by looking at self-acceptance of how an individual forms relationships with others and how individual social participation in social life
Summary
Prison with the concept of isolation can cause serious psychological, physical, and developmental disorders in adolescent prisoners (American Civil Liberties Union, 2014). In addition to having to face the personal turmoil experienced, juvenile prisoners will be faced with negative public perceptions attached to themselves (Alizamar, Fikri, & Afdal, 2017). This public perception will cause a prisoner after being released from a detention center to feel that he does not get his human rights back in the community or is discriminated. To overcome the pessimism that arises in adolescent prisoners, it is necessary to accept themselves in the prisoners themselves. The ability of selfacceptance in prisoners will increase a positive attitude towards themselves, not burdened by anxiety or shame, and willing to accept strengths and weaknesses
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