International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research

E-ISSN: 2582-2160   •   Impact Factor: 9.24

A Widely Indexed Open Access Peer Reviewed Multidisciplinary Bi-monthly Scholarly International Journal

Call for Paper Volume 8, Issue 2 (March-April 2026) Submit your research before last 3 days of April to publish your research paper in the issue of March-April.
Submit Research Paper Join as a Reviewer

Plagiarism is checked by the leading plagiarism checker TurnItIn

Call for Paper

Volume 8 Issue 2
March-April 2026

Submit your research paper

Indexing Partners
Academia Advanced Sciences Index Bielefeld Academic Search Engine CiteSeer DRJI Google Scholar Independent Search Engine & Directory Network ISI (International Scientific Indexing) Issuu Mendeley Research Networks
RefSeek ResearcherId - Thomson Reuters ResearchGate Scirus Scribd Semantic Scholar UTeM - Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka Wiki for Call for Papers WorldCat Zenodo

A STUDY ON PERSONALITY AND SELF-EFFICACY OF LAW OFFENDERS IN MIZORAM

Author(s) Mr. Vanlal Duhsaka, Prof. Zothan Zami
Country India
Abstract Personality and self-efficacy are important psychological factors that influence human behaviour, including criminal conduct. This study examined these variables among convicted offenders in Mizoram and compared them with a non-offender population. Participants included 349 prison inmates (153 NDPS offenders, 95 POCSO offenders, and 101 other offenders) and 116 non-offenders. Personality traits were assessed using the NEO PI-R, and self-efficacy was measured using the General Self-Efficacy Scale.
Internal consistency for the measures was acceptable, with Cronbach’s alpha ranging from .59 (Extraversion) to .80 (Self-Efficacy). One-way ANOVAs revealed significant group differences in Neuroticism, Openness, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, and Self-Efficacy (all p < .01), but not in Extraversion. Post hoc tests showed that non-offenders scored significantly higher on Openness, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, and Self-Efficacy than all offender groups. Neuroticism was unexpectedly higher in the non-offender group than in NDPS and POCSO offenders, while extraversion showed no meaningful variation across groups.
These results indicate that offenders in Mizoram tend to have lower levels of certain adaptive personality traits and self-efficacy compared to non-offenders, which may have implications for rehabilitation planning. Interventions aimed at enhancing conscientiousness, agreeableness, openness to experience, and self-efficacy could potentially support positive behavioural change among incarcerated populations.
Keywords Organizational climate, efficacy, work task motivation, urban, rural, primary schools.
Field Sociology > Philosophy / Psychology / Religion
Published In Volume 7, Issue 5, September-October 2025
Published On 2025-09-05
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i05.55131
View / Download PDF File

Share this



E-ISSN 2582-2160
CrossRef

CrossRef DOI is assigned to each research paper published in our journal.

IJFMR DOI prefix is
10.36948/ijfmr

Downloads
Research Paper Format Copyright Permission Form and Undertaking Form Cover Page Vol 8 Isu 2Cover Page Vol 8 Isu 1Cover Page Vol 7 Isu 6

All research papers published on this website are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, and all rights belong to their respective authors/researchers.

CC-BY-SA Open Access

About IJFMR
Fees & Payment
Current Issue
Publication Archive 		Submit Research Paper
Track Submission Status
Publication Guidelines
Publication Ethics
Peer Review & Plagiarism 		Join as a Reviewer
Editors & Reviewers
Reviewer Referral Program
Get Reviewer Membership Certi. 		Website/Journal Policies
Usage Policy
Content Policies
Privacy Policy
Contact Us +91-9687-828-838 editor@ijfmr.com
Powered by Sky Research Publication and Journals