Ángel Gómez Jiménez

Ángel Gómez Jiménez

Ángel Gómez Jiménez
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Professor in the Department of Social and Organisational Psychology at the UNED

A soccer project in prisons improves the behaviour of inmates and their chances of reintegration

The Twinning project is a UK-based initiative that organises soccer-based programmes, with the collaboration of professional clubs such as some Premier League clubs, to improve the mental and physical health of prisoners. Research has studied the behaviour of more than 670 of these participants and a group that did not participate, as well as collecting data related to the possible reintegration of those who were in this programme. According to the authors, who publish their research in the journal Nature Human Behaviour, ‘the results indicate that social bonding is associated with better behaviour in prison and a greater willingness of host communities to support reintegration efforts’.

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