Research shows that U.S. college students are at risk for a variety of victimization types. College students in Canada also experience similar types of victimization compared to U.S students, yet recent research shows that Canadian students are at a greater risk than U.S. college students of being victimized. Little is known, however, as to whether college-level factors influence victimization risk and how these risks may be different for U.S. and Canadian college students. Using the American College Health Association’s National College Health Assessment data (ACHA-NCHA II), the current study builds upon past research by exploring the role of both individual and school characteristics and whether they are similarly related to risk of victimization in the two populations. The findings show that Canadian students are at higher risk for victimization and that some school-level factors play a role in predicting this risk for all students, with some variation in ones that matter for each country.

研究表明，美国大学生面临多种受害类型的风险。与美国学生相比，加拿大大学生也遭受相似的受害类型，但最近的研究表明，加拿大学生比美国大学生受害的风险更大。然而，关于大学水平的因素是否影响受害风险以及这些风险对美国和加拿大大学生有何不同，鲜为人知。使用美国大学健康协会的国家大学健康评估数据（ACHA-NCHA II），本研究以过去的研究为基础，探讨了个人和学校特征的作用以及它们是否与这两个人群中受害的风险类似相关。