Recidivism Risk (RR) has been the most interesing area in criminals, hence many 'life-saving programs' have been implemented, including life support, employment support, family support, and counseling support projects. Yet, there has been little empirical research on the effects of anxiety and the perceived social supports in prison on RR. The goal of this study was to investigate the relationship among state and trait Anxiety, social support resources, and risk of recidivism among prisoners. Furthermore, the mediating effect of social support resources was analyzed for exlaining the association between state and trait anxiety and RR. 500 male prisoners at the 'P' correctional institution (A heavy security facility (S4 level) located in B Metropolitan City among correctional institutions under the Ministry of Justice) was collected. Structural equation modeling using the survey responses of STAI, social support scale, and recidivism risk scale was conducted. We measure two parts of anxiety (state and trait)and four sub-factors in social support resources (emotional, evaluatative, informational, and financial support). In addition, twenty-three sub areas of RR were measured including individual background information and psychological factors. The results found that (1) anxiety had a significant effect on RR. In more detail, the trait anxiety is higher effect on RR than the state anxiety. The social support also had a significant positive effect on RR in order of evaluative, emotional, informative, and finacial support resource. Lastely, the social support played a significant partial mediating role in the relationship between anxiety and RR. These foundings confirmed that the prisoners’anxiety could increase the RR and the RRcan be decreased if the prisoners are perceived that they had social support resources. Therefore, this study implies that the perceived social support among prisoners can play a protective factor in decresing RR among prisoners with anxeity.

국문요약
Ⅰ. 서 론
Ⅱ. 이론적 배경
Ⅲ. 연구방법
Ⅵ. 연구결과
Ⅴ. 결론 및 논의
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Abstract

• 박정선(동아대학교 의료상담심리학과) | Park Jungsun (Department of Medical Administration & Psychotherapy, Donga University) 제1저자
• 최윤영(한양사이버대학교 청소년코칭상담학과) | Choi Younyoung (Department of Youth Coaching Counseling, Hanyang Cyber University) 교신저자
• 이승욱(동아대학교 의료상담심리학과) | Lee Seunguk (Department of Medical Administration & Psychotherapy, Donga University) 공동저자