title: Custodial status and self concepts of Nigerian inmates remanded to prison custody.
abstract: 60 male Nigerian prison inmates (30 with convicted status and 30 awaiting trial) and 210 male noninmates were administered the Tennessee Self-concept Scale to test the hypotheses that (1) inmates with convicted status would obtain higher self-concept scores than those with ¿awaiting trial¿ status, and (2) the self-concept scores of prison inmates generally would be lower than those of noninmates. The two hypotheses were strongly supported for this sample. It was concluded that self-concept scores were not only related to delinquency by also to custodial status.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Nigeria.
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Onyeneje
authors.forename: I E
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Eyo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003417:Criminal Psychology; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012649:Self Concept