Abstract
Background. Te relevance of studying the youth safety culture (SC) in various spheres of life is due to a signifcant change in the structure of risks coming along with the development of Internet and digital technologies. Objective. Te empirical study had its purpose to reveal the intrapersonal and subjective determinants of the youth SC taking into consideration its gender specifcity, as well as to describe the types of youth SC as per the attitude to diferent safety components. Sample. Te study involved 1469 university students (545 boys, 924 girls, mean age 20.34 years). Methods. Te study implemented the standardized questionnaires TIPI-RU, BriefCope, PIL, RFQ, assessments of self-confrmation patterns as well as ad hoc developed technique for evaluating the youth SC and its components (public, personal, fnancial, and data security). Data analysis was carried out using multivariate statistical methods (ANOVA (Analysis of Variance), factor analysis, cluster analysis, correlation analysis), Student’s t-test and Fisher’s F-test. Results of the study revealed certain gender diferences in the youth SC: young women have a signifcantly higher indicator of personal safety, while young men dominate in all other components and the integral indicator of SC. Cluster analysis allowed for identifying 4 types of SC according to the rates of diferent SC components. Te revealed types of SC difer in the personality characteristics, meaningfulness of life, preferred coping strategies, focus of regulation, and self-confrmation patterns. Conclusion. It was established that youth security culture is more a consequence of comprehension (as well as learning) than a personality conditioned phenomenon. Te study substantiated the expediency of individually oriented proactive approach to the formation of the students’ SC.
Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
