Metaphysical quality of life and its correlates in prisoners

ABSTRACT The present study aimed to explore the correlates and predictors of metaphysical quality of life in prisoners. Three hundred and ninety prison inmates were recruited from the correctional facilities administered by the District Inspectorate of Prison Service in Warsaw. Data were collected by means of the SQLQ, SPI/TPI, SIPR, COPE, RCOPE, RAS-25 questionnaires and analyzed by means of structural equation modeling. All models were specified in a path analysis using Mplus version 8.2. The positive correlates of prison inmates’ MQoL are resilience, intensity of religious attitude, and curiosity, as well as selected coping strategies (religious and non-religious). As hypothesized, the negative correlates of inmates’ metaphysical quality of life are anger, anxiety, state depression, and trait depression. A novelty of the study is the inclusion of variables that have not been analyzed before in the context of prison inmates’ metaphysical quality of life or quality of life in general: intensity of religious attitude and curiosity.