ABSTRACT

Decades of research on fear of victimization suggest individuals draw upon their perceived risk of victimization in their development of fear, in what has become known as the risk assessment framework. Drawing on recent research on the influence of school climate on student reports of fear and safety, the current study seeks to determine whether school climate influences student risk perceptions and fear, consistent with the risk assessment framework. Utilizing a sample of elementary and high school students in Flint, Michigan, findings reveal that school climate is not correlated with student fear after accounting for factors such as prior student victimization, school disorder, and the perceived risk of victimization. Implications for these findings are discussed.

摘要

对受害恐惧的数十年研究表明，个人在恐惧的发展中利用他们感知到的受害风险，即所谓的风险评估框架。借鉴最近关于学校气候对学生恐惧和安全报告的影响的研究，本研究旨在确定学校气候是否影响学生的风险认知和恐惧，与风险评估框架一致。利用密歇根州弗林特的中小学生样本，研究结果表明，在考虑了之前的学生受害、学校混乱和受害的感知风险等因素后，学校氛围与学生的恐惧无关。讨论了这些发现的含义。