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Although research on school safety is complex and draws on multiple disciplines, there is a lack of consensus among researchers and policy makers on the best strategies for creating safe schools. To address the persistent problem of bullying as one of the most important school safety issues, schools employ a variety of prevention strategies. The purpose of this study was to test association of bullying victimization and two dimensions of school safety – physical and psychological. Physical safety was observed by the number of safety measures, procedures, and security personnel in the school. Psychological safety was observed using the following variables: feelings of safety, teacher–student relationships and peer relationships. Hierarchical multiple regression was used in this study to analyze servey data from 1526 students (age 16–18) in 19 state schools in Belgrade, Serbia. The results indicate that in terms of the psychological safety variables, feelings of safety and peer relationships were negatively associated with bullying victimization. In contrast, teacher–student relationships and the dimension of physical safety were not associated with bullying victimization.
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bullying victimization; school safety; psychological safety; physical safety; Serbia
| Please indicate what type of scientific contribution it is | Quantitative method study |
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| Please also indicate what kind of contribution it is: | Scientific |
