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The relationship between exercise and hopelessness in prison
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The relationship between exercise and hopelessness in prison

Andrew J Cashin, Emily Potter and Tony G Butler
Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Vol.15(1), pp.66-71
2008
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2850.2007.01207.x
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Abstract

Medicine and Health Sciences Rehabilitation and Therapy

This paper reports on the relationship between the levels of self-reported physical exercise and mental well-being (as measured using the Beck Hopelessness Scale) in a cohort of 914 prisoners within New South Wales, Australia. A significant inverse relationship between self-reported exercise in minutes per week and hopelessness was identified. The need to include exercise as a factor in inmate health plans is discussed.

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