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Explanatory and Predictor Relationships Between Forgiving Behaviors, Social Anxiety Levels and Values of Convict-Prisoners in Penal Institutions

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  • Sidika Isler

    (Necmettin Erbakan University, Turkey)

  • Bulent Dilmac

    (Necmettin Erbakan University, Turkey)

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The purpose of the present research is revealing the correlations between social anxiety, forgiveness and values among convict-prisoners in penal institutions. Relational screening model was adopted in the present research. Relational screening is used to reveal the relationships between two or more variables, and cause-and-effect relationships. The universe of the present research consists of convicts and prisoners in Konya penal institutions in 2013-2014 years. The work group of the present research consists of 680 volunteer convicts and prisoners selected randomly among these. The data collection tool in research value scale, the scale of forgiveness and social anxiety scale was used. The results obtained from this study; The findings of the present research showed that the most important independent variable that affected values was forgiveness, In addition, the most important variable that affects social anxiety in the tested model is values variable and Additionally, second most important variable that affects social anxiety indirectly in the tested model is forgiveness variable.

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  • Sidika Isler & Bulent Dilmac, 2016. "Explanatory and Predictor Relationships Between Forgiving Behaviors, Social Anxiety Levels and Values of Convict-Prisoners in Penal Institutions," Social Sciences and Education Research Review, Department of Communication, Journalism and Education Sciences, University of Craiova, vol. 3(1), pages 87-100, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:edt:jsserr:v:3:y:2016:i:1:p:87-100
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    Keywords

    Values; Forgiveness Social Anxiety; Convicts and Prisoners;
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    • A2 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics

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