A Social-Psychological Process of “Fear of Crime” for Men and Women: Revisiting Gender Differences from a New Perspective

Chataway, Michael L.; Hart, Timothy C.

doi:10.1080/15564886.2018.1552221

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“…Descriptive statistics of the study variables are presented in Table 1 . The mean level of affective fear of crime in our sample is comparable to that reported for adults (e.g., [ 23 ]). Concerning depression, according to the recommended cutoff scores [ 59 ], 12.5% of participants demonstrated mild, moderate, or severe depression, which is within the estimation that 8% to 16 % of older adults living in a community present depressive symptoms [ 36 ].…”

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Affective Fear of Crime and Its Association with Depressive Feelings and Life Satisfaction in Advanced Age: Cognitive Emotion Regulation as a Moderator?

Golovchanova

Boersma

Andershed

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Fear of crime is a substantial problem for older adults and is associated with reduced subjective well-being. However, less is known about factors that could moderate the associations between fear of crime and mental health problems and well-being in advanced age. Cognitive emotion regulation could serve as a potentially buffering factor for adverse health outcomes related to fear of crime due to its potential importance in managing feelings when facing threatening situations. The current study investigated the associations between affective fear of crime with depressive feelings and life satisfaction and examined whether adaptive and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies moderated these associations in a sample of older adults (age 64–106) in Sweden (N = 622). The results showed that affective fear of crime was associated with more depressive feelings, less life satisfaction, and more frequent use of such maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies as rumination, catastrophizing, and blaming others. Moreover, rumination and self-blame moderated the associations between affective fear of crime and life satisfaction. Adaptive emotion regulation strategies were not associated with affective fear of crime and did not decrease the strength of its association with depressive feelings and with life satisfaction. These findings allow us to conclude that maladaptive emotion regulation could be considered a vulnerability factor in the association of fear of crime with life satisfaction.

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“…Another important consideration for the assessment of fear of crime is considering the fear of different types of crime [ 18 , 22 , 23 , 24 ]. A national survey in Sweden demonstrated, for example, that older adults were particularly fearful of being burgled, robbed, or attacked [ 25 ].…”

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Affective Fear of Crime and Its Association with Depressive Feelings and Life Satisfaction in Advanced Age: Cognitive Emotion Regulation as a Moderator?

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Boersma

Andershed

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“…These include worry, perceived likelihood, perceived frequency, perceived ability to control victimisation and perceived consequences. Future research should examine gender specific FOC as well as using those measures outlined by Rader (2004) and Chataway and Hart (2019). However, the index is consistent with several major survey tools (Weisburd et al., 2011).…”

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“…Furthermore, societal gender and masculinity norms can also prevent self-perceived FOC or truthful self-reporting of fear in males (Cossman & Rader, 2011; Fox et al., 2009). Chataway and Hart (2019) find that gender can influence social psychological drivers of FOC, including perceived risk and worry. They also find gender differences in FOC are often crime-type dependent (Chataway & Hart, 2019).…”

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Across the wide prairie: Exploring fear of crime in a small Canadian municipality

Hodgkinson

Lunney

2021

Journal of Criminology

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Although fear of crime is well-researched in urban domains, the predictors of fear of crime in non-urban contexts are less established. Using a sample of 559 people, this study aims to address this gap by evaluating the role of individual and ecological-level predictors on fear of crime in a small Canadian municipality. Key findings of this study include support for the influence of social cohesion, informal social control and social and physical disorder on fear in a small municipality. However, no clear relationship is found between gender and fear of crime. Additionally, nuanced relationships between social predictors and fear emerge that may be uniquely explained by non-metropolitan context. The findings have implications for the use of urban-based criminological theories of fear and for the use of crime prevention and fear reduction strategies in non-metropolitan contexts.

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School bullying and students’ sense of safety in school: the moderating role of school climate

Zacharia

Yablon

2021

Eur J Psychol Educ

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A Social-Psychological Process of “Fear of Crime” for Men and Women: Revisiting Gender Differences from a New Perspective

Cited by 29 publications

References 56 publications

Affective Fear of Crime and Its Association with Depressive Feelings and Life Satisfaction in Advanced Age: Cognitive Emotion Regulation as a Moderator?

Affective Fear of Crime and Its Association with Depressive Feelings and Life Satisfaction in Advanced Age: Cognitive Emotion Regulation as a Moderator?

Across the wide prairie: Exploring fear of crime in a small Canadian municipality

School bullying and students’ sense of safety in school: the moderating role of school climate

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