Psychosocial determinants of recidivism risk among incarcerated individuals with a history of substance use: A systematic review

Kalaivanan Syasyila; Mohammad Rahim Kamaluddin; Hilwa Abdullah @ Mohd Nor; Paramjit Singh Jamir Singh

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0327810

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Psychosocial determinants of recidivism risk among incarcerated individuals with a history of substance use: A systematic review

Kalaivanan Syasyila ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Kalaivanan Syasyila, Mohammad Rahim Kamaluddin, Hilwa Abdullah @ Mohd Nor, Paramjit Singh Jamir Singh

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Research in Psychology and Human Well-Being, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8382-7430

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Mohammad Rahim Kamaluddin ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Kalaivanan Syasyila, Mohammad Rahim Kamaluddin, Hilwa Abdullah @ Mohd Nor, Paramjit Singh Jamir Singh

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: rahimk@ukm.edu.my

Affiliation Centre for Research in Psychology and Human Well-Being, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3431-8960

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Hilwa Abdullah @ Mohd Nor ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Kalaivanan Syasyila, Mohammad Rahim Kamaluddin, Hilwa Abdullah @ Mohd Nor, Paramjit Singh Jamir Singh

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Research in Psychology and Human Well-Being, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
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Paramjit Singh Jamir Singh

Contributed equally to this work with: Kalaivanan Syasyila, Mohammad Rahim Kamaluddin, Hilwa Abdullah @ Mohd Nor, Paramjit Singh Jamir Singh

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
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Psychosocial determinants of recidivism risk among incarcerated individuals with a history of substance use: A systematic review

Kalaivanan Syasyila,
Mohammad Rahim Kamaluddin,
Hilwa Abdullah @ Mohd Nor,
Paramjit Singh Jamir Singh

Published: July 11, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0327810

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