What makes a child feel unsafe in their neighbourhood?
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 06:20
in Psychology & Sociology
Differences in the way children and adults perceive the world extend to their sense of safety in their social and physical environments and this in turn can impact their health, say researchers at the University of Montreal and its affiliated Research Centre at CHU Sainte Justine, a children's hospital. "While we knew that a child's sense of safety is informed by his or her own parents' sense of safety, we did not know how the child's own perceptions of their environment contributes to this sense," explained first author Carolyn Côté-Lussier, of the University of Montreal's International Center for Comparative Criminology.