RELATIONSHIPS AMONG PRISON ADJUSTMENT, BELIEFS, AND COGNITIVE COPING STYLE

This study examined the relationships among prison adjustment, respons e-outcome and self-efficacy beliefs, cognitive coping style, and circu mstantial variables (time served, age, and education)for 48 inmates wh o were in an anger management program. The number of ''disciplinaries' ' received and the level of negative affect of participants correlated with (a) a belief that behavior did nor affect treatment in prison, ( b) a belief that it was not possible to control one's own behavior, (c ) a tendency to blame others when unpleasant events occur, and (d) lon ger time served in prison.