Yuko Mori, Elina Tiiri, Lotta Lempinen, Anat Brunstein Klomek, Gerasimos Kolaitis, Helena R. Slobodskaya, Hitoshi Kaneko, Jorge C. Srabstein, Liping Li, Mai Nguyen Huong, Samir Kumar Praharaj, Say How Ong, Sigita Lesinskiene, Henriette Kyrrestad, Tjhin Wiguna, Zahra Zamani, Lauri Sillanmäki, Andre Sourander, the EACMHS Study Group, Shahin Akhondzadeh, Daniel. S, S. Fung, Meytal Grimland, Hod Hasharon, Shoko Hamada, Roshan Chudal, Raden Irawati, Jain Praveen A, G. Avinash, Jerrine. Z, N. Khong, Sturla Fossum, Limawan Albert Prabowo, Maryam Mohseny, Ali Najafi, Ngoc Thanh Minh, Masayoshi Ogura, Zhekuan Peng, Rippinen Tatiana O, Rini Sekartini, B Nadezhda, Norbert Skokauskas, Yi Tan Ren, Kalliopi Triantafyllou, Foivos Zaravinos-Tsakos
Abstract
Research on perceived school safety has been largely limited to studies conducted in Western countries and there has been a lack of large-scale cross-national studies on the topic.
The present study examined the occurrence of adolescents who felt unsafe at school and the associated factors of perceived school safety in 13 Asian and European countries. The data were based on 21,688 adolescents aged 13-15 (11,028 girls, 10,660 boys) who completed self-administered surveys between 2011 and 2017. Logistic regression analyses were used to estimate odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals.
The number of adolescents who felt unsafe at school varied widely across countries, with a mean occurrence of 31.4% for the total sample: 31.3% for girls, and 31.1% for boys. The findings revealed strong independent associations between feeling unsafe and individual and school-related factors, such as being bullied, emotional and behavioral problems and feeling that teachers did not care. The study also found large variations in perceived school safety between schools in many countries.
The findings emphasize the need to create safe educational environments for all students, based on positive relationships with teachers and peers. School-based interventions to prevent bullying and promote mental health should be a natural part of school safety promotion.
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