Psychological Change Readiness as the Basis of Compliance With the Law Among Convicts in the Context of Resocialization

The article examines the problem of forming convicts’ personal psychological change readiness as an internal resource associated with resocialization and the basis of their compliance with the law. The purpose of the study is to identify the features of convicts’ psychological change readiness in the context of resocialization. Methods. The study involved 215 convicts divided into two groups: those who committed abcrime for the fi rst time and those who had previously committed abcrime (repeat offenders). Four methods of psychological testing were applied: Personal Change-Readiness Survey; Malevolent Creativity Behavior Scale; Maladaptation Disorders questionnaire; Resilience of Person questionnaire. Statistical processing was based on the calculation of Pearson coeffi cients and Student’s t-test. Results. Signifi cant positive correlations between indicators of personal change readiness and resilience of person were identifi ed, as well as signifi cant negative relationships between most scales of personal change readiness and the pronouncement of maladaptive and malevolent characteristics. It was also found that convicts who have committed repeat crimes have ablower level of personal psychological change readiness than those who were convicted for the fi rst time. Abpractice-oriented algorithm was developed aimed at forming convicts’ psychological change readiness through the phased provision of psychological counseling within the logic of penitentiary probation.