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Title: | A Comparative study of prisoners and non-prisoners on temperamental attributes: implication on crime commission |
Authors: | Animasahun, R. A. |
Keywords: | Prisoners Non-prisoners Temperamental Attributes |
Issue Date: | Mar-2010 |
Publisher: | Woeli-Codat Publishing Services, Ghana |
Abstract: | The study compared the temperamental attributes of prisoners with non-prisons to determine particular temperamental areas where prisoners excelled as well as the least possessed by them compared with the non-prisoners. One hundred inmates of Agodi prison as well as One hundred non prisoners in Ibadan participated in the study. The main instrument used for the study was a structured temperamental questionnaire adapted from Honk (2004), t-test statistic was used to analyze the four tested hypotheses. The results revealed that no Significant difference existed between prisoners and non-prisoners on temperamental attributes; however, the mere fact prisoners excelled on choleric, melancholic and phlegmatic temperaments based on means and SD results calls for attention, and recommendation were made towards conscious remediation of temperamental excesses |
URI: | http://ir.library.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/4631 |
ISSN: | 0892-21786 |
Appears in Collections: | scholarly works |
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