The Effect of Social Support on Resilience Capacity of Female Inmates at the Women's Correctional Institution of Manado

Abstract

This study examines the effect of social support on the resilience capacity of inmates at the Women's Correctional Institution of Manado. A causal associative quantitative approach was employed with 90 female inmates selected through saturated sampling. Data were collected using Likert-scale questionnaires: a 32-item Social Support Scale based on Sarafino and Smith (2017) (Cronbach's Alpha = 0.904) and the 25-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-25) (Cronbach's Alpha = 0.905). Data were analyzed using simple linear regression with IBM SPSS Statistics 25. The normality test (Asymp. Sig. = 0.200) and linearity test (Deviation from Linearity = 0.491) indicated that the assumptions were met. The regression result was not statistically significant (B = 0.096, t = 1.572, p = 0.120), while social support explained 2.7% of the variance in resilience (R² = 0.027). These findings indicate that social support was not a significant predictor of resilience in this sample. Resilience may be more closely associated with internal psychological factors, including self-efficacy, emotional regulation, coping strategies, self-acceptance, spirituality, and rehabilitative experiences