Restorative justice ideology among High School teachers in Ghana: investigating the role of collectivism and personality |
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| Authors: | Feikoab Parimah Makafui Jonas Davour Courage Collins Kofi Belinda Winder |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Psychology, University of Ghana, School of Social Science, Legon, Ghanafeikoabparimah@gmail.com fparimah@ug.edu.gh;3. Department of Psychology, University of Ghana, School of Social Science, Legon, Ghana;4. Sexual Offences, Crime and Misconduct Research Unit, School of Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham,UK |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACTStudies on Restorative Justice (RJ) ideology in school settings have largely focused on Western societies, to the neglect of African societies. This means that variables relevant to the Ghanaian setting that might be associated with RJ ideology have not been examined. The current study investigates the association between High School teachers’ Collectivism, Openness to Experience (OE), and their idea of Restoration. Analysis of data from 191 (Male = 128, Female = 63) teachers in Accra indicated that Collectivism and OE both predicted the idea of Restoration. This suggests that both Collectivism and OE are important resources that may help teachers embrace the idea of restoring a student offender to morally acceptable behaviour. This and other findings are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Restorative justice (RJ) restoration collectivism Openness to Experience (OE) |
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