Fear of Sex Crimes among Secondary School Students in Bangkok
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The purpose of this research is to study the level of fear of sex crimes among secondary school students in Bangkok, the risk perception of sex crime victimization among secondary school students in Bangkok, and the perception of sex crime-related news among secondary school students in Bangkok. The samples included 400 secondary school students in Bangkok from single-sex schools for male and female students and coed schools by using quantitative research methodology. Data were collected via the research questionnaire. The statistics used for data analysis included frequency, percentage, average, standard deviation, independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, and multiple linear regression analysis.
The results revealed that the majority of the samples were female senior high school students who studied in coed schools. Most of them perceived sex crime-related news from various online media, such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, etc. The frequency of perceiving sex crime-related news was 1-3 times/week. Their risk perception of sex crime victimization was at a high level, in which action was at a high level, followed by talking at a high level and thinking at a high level, respectively. The overall fear of sex crimes in school was at a moderate level. The overall fear of sex crimes in the family was at a low level. The overall fear of sex crimes in public areas was at a high level. When the level of fear of sex crimes was compared across secondary school students of different genders, grades, and schools, there was a statistically significant difference in the level of fear of sex crimes in school, family, and public area at the 0.05 level of significance. The students with different frequency of sex crime-related news perception exhibited no statistically significant difference in the fear of sex crimes in school, family, and public area at the 0.05 level. There was a statistically significant correlation between the risk perception of sex crime victimization and the fear of sex crimes among the students at the 0.05 level. The level of fear of sex crimes among the students was predictable at 15 percent.
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