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Psychology and Law
2020. Vol. 10, no. 3, 36–51
doi:10.17759/psylaw.2020100303
ISSN: 2222-5196 (online)

The Life-meaning Orientations and Biopsychological Age of Correctional Officials

 
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Abstract

The article presents the results of the study of the life-meaning orientations of the penitentiary system staff and how they are related to their biopsychological age. The sample consisted of 70 individuals - 42 men and 28 women. The average age of the staff was 31 and their average length of service was 7.6 years. The study used "The Purpose-in-Life orientations" test (Leontyev D.A), the "Spirituality" scale in the "Resilience of adults" method (Makhnach A.V.) and the psychobiological age research method by Abulkhanova K.A. and Berezina T.N.. For statistical treatment of data we used t-test for independent samples, correlation and multiple linear regression analysis. The results of the study indicate that men have higher indicators of biological and psychological age, accelerated rate of biological aging. The health status of employees improves as they become more spiritual, achieve life goals, increase productivity, and are satisfied with self-realization. The following factors serve as predictors of biological age and rapidity of ageing: gender, length of service, life goals, acceptance of life events and psychobiological maturity.

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Keywords: biological age, spirituality, meaningful life, psychological age, psychobiological maturity, life-meaning orientations

Journal rubric: Penitentiary Psychology and Penal Practice

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Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/psylaw.2020100303

Funding. The reported study was funded by Russian Science Foundation, project number № 19-18-00058.

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For citation: Koteneva, A.V. (2020). The Life-meaning Orientations and Biopsychological Age of Correctional Officials. Psychology and Law, 10(3), 36–51. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.17759/psylaw.2020100303

© Koteneva A.V., 2020

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Anna V. Koteneva, Doctor of Psychology, Associate Professor, Professor, Chair of Scientific Basis of Extreme Psychology, Moscow State University of Psychology & Education, Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8087-567X, e-mail: akoteneva@yandex.ru

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