Beschreibung:
<jats:p>The current study was carried out to identify the relationship between depression and subjective well-being of prisoners in District Jail Gujrat, Pakistan. The study also focused on assessing the various levels of depression and subjective well-being by relating them with the demographic variables of the participants. To select the participants, simple random sampling technique was used in the current study, the scales used to assess the level of depression in the prisoners included the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) designed by Beck et al. (1996) and the General Health Questionnaire designed by Goldberg and Williams (1988). The adapted version in Urdu of both the questionnaires were distributed among the prisoners. The hypothesis of the study was that depression has a negative relationship with the subjective well-being of the male prisoners. Also, the results will highlight different levels of depression and subjective well-being when they are compared with the demographic variables of the participants. The results indicated that a negative relationship exists between depression and subjective well-being of the male prisoners.</jats:p>