Citation

Lenzi M, Sharkey J, Furlong MJ, Mayworm A, Hunnicutt K, Vieno A. Am. J. Community Psychol. 2017; 60(3-4): 527-537.

Affiliation

Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/ajcp.12174

PMID

29115661

Abstract

This study examined the association between two characteristics of school climate (sense of community and teacher support, measured both at the individual and at the school level) and students' feelings of being unsafe at school. The study involved a sample of 49,638 students aged 10-18 years who participated in the 2010-2012 California Healthy Kids Survey. Using hierarchical linear modeling (HLM), our findings revealed that, at the individual level, students perceiving higher levels of sense of community and teacher support at school were less likely to feel unsafe within the school environment. At the school level, sense of community was negatively associated with unsafe feelings, whereas there was no association between school-level teacher support and feelings of being unsafe at school.

© Society for Community Research and Action 2017.

Language: en

Keywords

Multilevel analysis; School safety; Sense of community; Teacher support