Sense of Safety

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Sense of Safety Scale – SSS

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1. I feel safe on my way to school in the morning.
2. I feel safe on the school grounds before school starts.
3. I feel safe in my class at school.
4. I feel safe at lunch in school.
5. I feel safe in gym class at school.
6. I feel safe after school before I go home.
7. I feel safe on my way home from school.
8. I feel safe at the park closest to my house.
9. I feel safe outside of my house.
10. I feel safe playing on my block.
11. I feel safe walking around my neighborhood.
 
These items measure feelings of safety at home‚ in or on the way to school‚ and in the neighborhood.
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This tool touches on the following keywords:
·         School and Academics
·         Personal Attitudes and Beliefs
 
This instrument can be found on page 129 of Measuring Violence-Related Attitudes‚ Behaviors‚ and Influences Among Youths: A Compendium of Assessment Tools‚ available online at: http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/YV_Compendium.pdf
 
Students in grades 1-8.
 
Point values are assigned as indicated above. Scores are based on the mean item response of non-missing items up to a threshold of 2/3 of the items being non-missing. Six (6) items must be present to calculate a score. A higher score indicates a greater sense of feeling safe.
Never=0‚ Sometimes=1‚ Always=2
 

Henry D. Initial report of the Pilot Study for the Evaluation of the SAFE TO LEARN Demonstration Project. Technical Report‚ Child Health Data Lab. Chicago: Children’s Memorial Hospital‚ 2000.

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mohammad looti (2026). Sense of Safety. PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Retrieved from https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/sense-of-safety-2/

mohammad looti. "Sense of Safety." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 24 Apr. 2026, https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/sense-of-safety-2/.

mohammad looti. "Sense of Safety." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 2026. https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/sense-of-safety-2/.

mohammad looti (2026) 'Sense of Safety', PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Available at: https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/sense-of-safety-2/.

[1] mohammad looti, "Sense of Safety," PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, vol. X, no. Y, ص Z-Z, April, 2026.

mohammad looti. Sense of Safety. PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. 2026;vol(issue):pages.

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