Individual and Contextual Factors Associated with Immigrant Youth Feeling Unsafe in School: A Social-Ecological Analysis |
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| Authors: | Jun Sung Hong Gabriel J. Merrin Shantel Crosby Debra M. Hernandez Jozefowicz Jeoung Min Lee Paula Allen-Meares |
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| Affiliation: | 1.School of Social Work,Wayne State University,Detroit,USA;2.Department of Social Welfare,Sungkyunkwan University,Seoul,Republic of Korea;3.Division of Child Development, Department of Educational Psychology,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,Champaign,USA;4.School of Social Work,University of Windsor,Windsor,Canada;5.College of Medicine,University of Illinois at Chicago,Chicago,USA |
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| Abstract: | Despite the increasing proportion of immigrant youth in U.S. school districts, no studies have investigated their perceptions of their school. This study examines factors associated with perceptions of school safety among immigrant youth within individual, family, peer, and school contexts. Data were drawn from Wave II of the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study (n = 4288) and hierarchical logistic regression analyses were conducted. African–Americans, females, and youth with limited English proficiency were more likely to perceive their school as unsafe. Youth who reported that family cohesion was important and those who had close friends perceived their school as safe. Also, those who experienced illegal activities in school reported feeling unsafe. Assessment and intervention in schools needs to consider individual and contextual factors associated with perceptions of school safety. Additional research is needed to examine individual and contextual factors related to immigrant youths’ perceptions of school. |
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