Grinshteyn Erin G, Eisenman David P, Cunningham William E, Andersen Ronald, Ettner Susan L
School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno (Dr Grinshteyn); Divisions of General Internal Medicine (Dr Eisenman) and General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research (Drs Cunningham and Ettner), David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA); Department of Community Health Sciences, UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters (Dr Eisenman), and Department of Health Policy and Management (Drs Cunningham, Ettner, and Andersen), UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California.
Fam Community Health. 2016 Apr-Jun;39(2):103-12. doi: 10.1097/FCH.0000000000000095.
Fear of violent crime is common among adolescents in urban settings; however, little is known about individual- and neighborhood-level determinants of fear. A generalized ordered logit model was used to analyze individual- and neighborhood-level variables among 2474 adolescents. Seeing violence significantly reduced the probability of feeling unafraid, as did higher levels of social disorder. The more block faces where police were visible, the higher the probability of feeling unafraid and lower the probability of feeling very afraid. Reducing fear could affect more people than just reducing crime. Fear-reduction strategies should target those most at risk of becoming fearful.
在城市环境中,青少年普遍害怕暴力犯罪;然而,对于恐惧的个体和社区层面的决定因素却知之甚少。使用广义有序逻辑模型分析了2474名青少年的个体和社区层面变量。目睹暴力会显著降低不感到害怕的概率,社会混乱程度较高时也是如此。警察可见的街区面越多,不感到害怕的概率越高,感到非常害怕的概率越低。减少恐惧可能影响的人数比单纯减少犯罪更多。减少恐惧的策略应针对那些最有可能产生恐惧的人群。