@article{ref1,
title="Preliminary development of the student perceptions of school safety officers scale",
journal="Journal of school violence",
year="2017",
author="Zullig, Keith J. and Ghani, Nadia and Collins, Rani and Matthews-Ewald, Molly R.",
volume="16",
number="1",
pages="104-118",
abstract="Research suggests that the safer students feel at school, the more likely they are to feel connected and able to focus on learning. Thus, measuring students' experiences with a school safety officer (SSO) is essential to understand the connection between officer engagement and students' safety. This study's purpose was to evaluate a SSO scale among 1,065 adolescents. <br><br>RESULTS suggest the SSO scale displayed excellent internal consistency estimates, construct validity via factor analysis, convergent validity with the School Climate Measure, discriminant validity with key demographic variables, and known-groups validity among students who reported fighting at school. Positive perceptions of SSOs also significantly increased with frequency of contact. The SSO scale is a preliminarily valid measure, potentially useful in research, screenings, and/or evaluation efforts to improve student engagement with SSOs.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1538-8220",
doi="10.1080/15388220.2015.1116994",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15388220.2015.1116994"
}