TTLA: Psychological adaptation of female prisoners to serving a fixed-term prison sentence in prison

1. Full name of PhD student: Pham Thi Thuc Oanh 2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: January 15, 1984 4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Decision to recognize PhD students No. 3216/2014/QD-XHNV – SDH dated December 31, 2014 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities - Vietnam National University, Hanoi

6. Changes in the training process:

- Decision No. 1021/QD-XHNV, dated March 29, 2016 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities on adjusting the title of the doctoral thesis of the graduate student.

- Extended from December 31, 2017 to March 28, 2019 (15 months)

7. Thesis topic name:Psychological adaptation of female prisoners to serving a fixed-term prison sentence in prison

8. Major: Psychology 9. Code: 62 31 04 01

10. Scientific advisor: 1. Associate Professor, Dr. Phan Thi Mai Huong

2. Associate Professor, Dr. Dang Thanh Nga

11. Summary ofnew resultsof the thesis:

- The thesis has generalized and systematized research directions on the psychological adaptation of female prisoners to the execution of fixed-term prison sentences in prison, including: Components of the psychological adaptation of female prisoners, contents and factors predicting the psychological adaptation of female prisoners.

- In general, many female prisoners have a low level of psychological adaptation. The number of people with a high level of adaptation is very small. This is shown by the fact that 90.1% of female prisoners have an average level of adaptation, that is, they can adapt to less than 50% of the requirements of serving a prison sentence.

+On cognitive adaptation, the majority of female prisoners (85.0%) achieved an average level of adaptation, that is, only achieving from 25 to less than 50% of the requirements; in which cognitive adaptation at a higher level is awareness of labor activities.

+ About emotional adaptation,Up to 63.1% of female prisoners have low emotional adaptation, which means they only achieve less than 25% of the requirements of serving their sentences. Among the contents, emotional adaptation to labor activities is the content that many prisoners can accept and perform and have the most emotional balance.

+Regarding behavioral adaptation,79.2% of the total number of female prisoners achieved a level of adaptation to less than 50% of the requirements, no female prisoner achieved a low level of adaptation. Of which, female prisoners performed well in the requirements of working days, labor norms and labor operations with an average level > 0.6.

- The psychological adaptation components of female prisoners have a moderate to strong positive correlation.

- When examining the factors predicting the psychological adaptation of female prisoners, it was found that only factors related to the individual female prisoner predicted the psychological adaptation of female prisoners.

12.Practical applicability:

The thesis can be used as a reference for researchers, experts and students in the fields of Social Psychology; Legal Psychology; Criminology and Prisoner Management and Education.

13.Further research directions

The topic also suggests some issues that need to be further expanded in subsequent studies such as: Psychological adaptation of prisoners; coping behaviors of prisoners when serving their sentences in prison; mental health issues of female prisoners.

14.Research works related to the results of the thesis:

(1). Pham Thi Thuc Oanh (2017), "Depression- Anxiety- Stress of female prisoners", The first Southeast Asian International Conference on Psychology, Hanoi, December 2017 (2), pp. 88-98, ISBN 978-604-62-9912-7.

(2). Phan Thi Mai Huong, Pham Thi Thuc Oanh (2019), "Psychological adaptation of female prisoners to serving a fixed-term prison sentence in prison",Journal of Psychology(4), p. 66- 81, ISSN: 1859-0098.

(3). Phan Thi Mai Huong, Pham Thi Thuc Oanh (2019), "The influence of Depression- Anxiety- Stress on adaptation to the prison life of Vietnamese female prisoner's sample",Proceedings of International Conference "Healthy Behavior in Modern Society", Hanoi, Vietnam, pp 160- 175, ISBN 978-604-9876-48-6.

INFORMATION OF DOCTORAL THESIS

1. Full name: PHAM THI THUC OANH 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: January 15, 1984 4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Admission decision number: 3216/2014/QD-XHNV-SĐH Dated December 31, 2014

6. Changes in academic process:

- Decision No. 1020/QD-XHNV dated March 29, 2016 by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities on the change of thesis title for doctoral students.

- Extending study time from December 31, 2017 to March 28, 2019 (15 months)

7. Official thesis title: Psychological adaptation of female offenders to execution term imprisonment at the prison

8. Major: Psychology 9. Code: 62 31 04 01

10. Supervisors: 1. Assoc. Prof. Phan Thi Mai Huong

2. Assoc. Prof. Dang Thanh Nga

11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

- The thesis has generalized four main trends in research on Psychological adaptation of female offenders to execution term imprisonment at the prison: The components of the psychological adaptation of female offenders, contents and the factors predicting psychological adaptation of female offenders.

- General, many female offenders have a psychological adaptation level at a low point. The number of people with high levels of adaptation is very small. This is reflected in the fact that 90.1% of female offenders adapt to a below average level, which is below 50% of the requirements of execution term imprisonment.

+ In terms of cognition, the majority of female offenders (85.0%) reach the below-average adaptation level, ie, only between 25 and under 50% of the requirements set; in which cognitive adaptation is higher than awareness of labor activities.

+ In terms of emotions, up to 63.1% of female offenders were able to adapt to emotions at a low level, which only achieved less than 25% of the sentence requirements. Emotional adaptation, among other things, is the content that many prisoners accept to do and balance emotionally better.

+ In terms of behavior, there are 79.2% of female offenders reaching the level of adaptation to less than 50% of the requirements, no female offenders reach the low adaptation level. In particular, female offenders performed at a good level with respect to workday requirements, labor norms and labor operations with the average score > 0.6.

- The psychological adaptation components of female offenders are correlated pros from medium to strong.

- Considering the prediction of factors impact of the psychological adaptation of female offenders, only the factors belonging to female offenders are the most influential to the psychological adaptation of female offenders.

12. Future research directions, if any:

The thesis also suggests a number of issues that need to be further expanded, such as: Social psychology; Legal psychology; Criminology and Management, educate offenders.

13. Thesis-related publications:

(1). Pham Thi Thuc Oanh (2017), Depression-Anxiety-Stress of female prisoners.First International Scientific Conference on Southeast Asian Psychology(RCP 2017), Ha Hoi in December 2017 (2), pp 88-98, ISBN 978-604-62-9912-7.

(2). Pham Thi Thuc Oanh, Phan Thi Mai Huong (2019), Psychological adaptation of female prisoners to accept a term prison sentence in prison,Journal of Psychology(4), pp. 66- 81, ISSN: 1859-0098.

(3). Phan Thi Mai Huong, Pham Thi Thuc Oanh (2019), "The influence of Depression- Anxiety- Stress on adaptation to the prison life of Vietnamese female prisoner's sample",Proceedings of International Conference "Healthy Behavior in Modern Society", Hanoi, Vietnam, pp 160- 175, ISBN 978-604-9876-48-6.