Frontiers in Psychiatry (Apr 2022)
Feeling Unsafe at School Among Adolescents in 13 Asian and European Countries: Occurrence and Associated Factors
- Yuko Mori,
- Yuko Mori,
- Elina Tiiri,
- Elina Tiiri,
- Lotta Lempinen,
- Lotta Lempinen,
- Anat Brunstein Klomek,
- Gerasimos Kolaitis,
- Helena R. Slobodskaya,
- Helena R. Slobodskaya,
- Hitoshi Kaneko,
- Jorge C. Srabstein,
- Jorge C. Srabstein,
- Liping Li,
- Mai Nguyen Huong,
- Samir Kumar Praharaj,
- Samir Kumar Praharaj,
- Say How Ong,
- Sigita Lesinskiene,
- Henriette Kyrrestad,
- Tjhin Wiguna,
- Zahra Zamani,
- Lauri Sillanmäki,
- Andre Sourander,
- 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,
- Nadezhda B,
- Norbert Skokauskas,
- Yi Tan Ren,
- Kalliopi Triantafyllou,
- Foivos Zaravinos-Tsakos
Affiliations
- Yuko Mori
- Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Yuko Mori
- INVEST Research Flagship Center, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Elina Tiiri
- Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Elina Tiiri
- Department of Child Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Lotta Lempinen
- Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Lotta Lempinen
- INVEST Research Flagship Center, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Anat Brunstein Klomek
- Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology, Reichman University, Herzliya, Israel
- Gerasimos Kolaitis
- Department of Child Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
- Helena R. Slobodskaya
- Department of Medicine, Scientific Research Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia
- Helena R. Slobodskaya
- Department of Medicine, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia
- Hitoshi Kaneko
- Psychological Support and Research Center for Human Development, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
- Jorge C. Srabstein
- Division of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, United States
- Jorge C. Srabstein
- 0Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States
- Liping Li
- 1Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China
- Mai Nguyen Huong
- 2Department of Psychiatry, Vietnam National Children's Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Samir Kumar Praharaj
- 3Department of Psychiatry, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India
- Samir Kumar Praharaj
- 4Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
- Say How Ong
- 5Department of Developmental Psychiatry, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore, Singapore
- Sigita Lesinskiene
- 6Vilnius University, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Clinic of Psychiatry, Vilnius, Lithuania
- Henriette Kyrrestad
- 7Faculty of Health Sciences, Regional Centre for Child and Youth Mental Health and Child Welfare, UiT the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
- Tjhin Wiguna
- 8Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
- Zahra Zamani
- 9Department of Community Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Lauri Sillanmäki
- Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Andre Sourander
- Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Andre Sourander
- Department of Child Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- 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
- Nadezhda B
- Norbert Skokauskas
- Yi Tan Ren
- Kalliopi Triantafyllou
- Foivos Zaravinos-Tsakos
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.823609
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13
Abstract
BackgroundResearch 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.MethodsThe 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.FindingsThe 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.ConclusionThe 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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