Psychological mechanisms of regulating social identity of persons in institutions of confinement

Abstract

The results of an empirical study of the psychological mechanisms of regulating the social identity of persons in places of confinement are presented. It is established that the regulation of social identity at the level of the structural organization of prisoners, regardless of the gravity of the committed crime, is provided by associative-dissociative mechanisms. In persons who have done harm to life and health of citizens, the discrepancy in the structural organization of identity manifests itself at the level of values of power, achievement, independence, universalism, traditions and security that manifests itself in a premature identity status and is provided with a high level of dissociation. In persons who damaged citizens' property, the discrepancy of the structural organization of identity also manifests itself at the level of the values of power, achievement, independence, security, conformity, and traditions, and manifests itself in the status of premature and diffuse identity and is maintained by a high level of dissociation. The increase in the revealed tendencies is ascertained with increasing gravity of the committed unlawful act.