Abstract

OROZCO SOLIS, Mercedes Gabriela et al. Elements that configure school safety perception in high school students. Psychol. av. discip. [online]. 2020, vol.14, n.1, pp.85-97.  Epub Jan 27, 2021. ISSN 1900-2386.  https://doi.org/10.21500/19002386.4376.

The aim of this study was to describe the individual elements that configure the school safety perception in middle school students. We designed a qualitative study, with a systemic and ecological approach. Using a theoretical sampling, we included 22 students, 50% man with an age from 12 to 16 years old, who participated in a focus group, previous informed consent from the parents. The session was videotaped, the data was transcribed and analyzed using content analysis with the program MAXQDA 18. We identified four categories of factors that configure the student’s school safety perception: 1) school conditions (physical and organizational); 2) elements related to teachers; 3) elements related to peers; and 4) elements related to parents. The findings suggest that the school´s physical and organizational conditions have an important role in the configuration of the school safety perception. Likewise, the closeness and support received by actors from the school context (teachers, parents and peers) favor a more positive perception of school safety.

Keywords : School safety; perceptions; adolescents; qualitative research; focus group.

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