School Climate Factors Contributing to Student and Faculty Perceptions of Safety in Select Arizona Schools

Journal of School Health

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 194-201

  Bosworth, Kris ^a   Ford, Lysbeth ^a   Hernandaz, Diley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

School safety; Student perceptions; Teacher perceptions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; ORGANIZATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ARIZONA; FACULTY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79952508385     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2010.00579.x     Document Type: Article

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