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Urban Elementary School Student's Perceptions of Fighting Behavior and Concerns for Personal Safety
Author(s) -
Price James H.,
Telljohann Susan K.,
Dake Joseph A.,
Marsico Laura,
Zyla Christine
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of school health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.851
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1746-1561
pISSN - 0022-4391
DOI - 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2002.tb06544.x
Subject(s) - perception , psychology , pedagogy , social psychology , neuroscience
This study assessed urban elementary school student's experience with weapon carrying and violence, concerns for personal safety, and perceptions of passive and direct interventions in resolving fights. The survey was completed by 1,912 urban students in the fourth and fifth grades. This cross‐sectional study found that one in 12 students reported weapon carrying one or more times during the past month. One‐third indicated that they would hit peers back if struck by them. One‐quarter of students did not feel safe going to or from school, and 23%‐43% worried about being physically attacked in or around school. Adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals were calculated using logistic regression. Significant associations were found between the independent variables of age, race, gender, and academic success (grades) and the dependent variables of weapon carrying, hitting a peer back, concerns of safety, and passive solutions or direct interventions for peer fighting. (J Sch Health. 2002;72(5):184–191)