title: Heterosexual romantic relationships inside of prison: partner status as predictor of loneliness, sexual satisfaction, and quality of life.
abstract: This study investigated the differences in loneliness, sexual satisfaction, and quality of life among three groups of prison inmates: inmates in a heterosexual romantic relationship with a fellow prisoner, inmates with a partner outside the prison, and inmates without a partner. In-person interviews with 70 male and 70 female inmates from the Topas Penitentiary (Spain) were conducted. These inmates lived in the same facility but in gender-segregated modules. After controlling for age, nationality, total time in prison, actual sentence time served, and estimated time to parole, the results showed a lower level of romantic loneliness, and a higher level of sexual satisfaction and global, psychological, and environment quality of life for the group of inmates with a heterosexual partner inside prison. These findings highlight the positive attributes associated with heterosexual romantic relationships between inmates inside the same prison.
authors.affiliation: University of Salamanca, Spain. rcarcedo@usal.es
authors.forename: Rodrigo J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Carcedo
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Perlman
authors.forename: M Begoña
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Orgaz
authors.forename: Félix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: López
authors.forename: Noelia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fernández-Rouco
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Faldowski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D020010:Heterosexuality; D006801:Humans; D008132:Loneliness; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012747:Sexual Partners; D013030:Spain; D055815:Young Adult