Journal article
Students' Perceptions of the Importance of School Safety Strategies: An Introduction to the IPSS Survey
Journal of school violence, Vol.8(3), pp.233-250
06/12/2009
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/110883
Abstract
Many research-based safety strategies and school violence prevention measures are available for schools to implement; however, little is known about which strategies are important to students. The current study was designed to explore students' perceptions of the importance of specified safety strategies. A new quantitative measure (Indicators of Preferences for School Safety [IPSS]) was developed using successful safety strategies and best practices identified in the current literature. A principal components analysis of 184 student reports revealed that four factors emerged from the IPSS survey: Rule Enforcement, Education, Control and Surveillance, and Counseling. Additionally, grade level differences were found in students' perceptions of these four categories, but gender differences were not evident.
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- Title
- Students' Perceptions of the Importance of School Safety Strategies: An Introduction to the IPSS Survey
- Creators
- Leslie M Booren - Center for the Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning (CASTL) , University of VirginiaDeborah J Handy - Department of Human Development , Washington State University
- Publication Details
- Journal of school violence, Vol.8(3), pp.233-250
- Academic Unit
- Human Development, Department of
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Identifiers
- 99900547055001842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article