RT Article
T1 Fear of crime, personality and trait emotions: an empirical study
JF European journal of criminology
VO 15
IS 6
SP 658
OP 679
A1 Guedes, Inês Maria Ermida Sousa
A1 Domingos, Sofia Patrícia Almeida
A1 Cardoso, Carla Sofia
A2 Domingos, Sofia Patrícia Almeida
A2 Cardoso, Carla Sofia
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1586416499
AB In recent years, scientific research has neglected the importance of personality and trait emotions in explaining fear of crime. Through a survey administered to 205 individuals, this study explored the relationship between individual variables and abstract fear of crime, perception of victimization risk (cognitive dimension), and behavioral expressions. A positive correlation between neuroticism (a personality dimension) and the abstract fear of crime was observed but not with the cognitive and behavioral dimensions. It was also found that trait fear emotion correlated only with the abstract fear of crime. Contrary to what was hypothesized, social desirability was positively correlated with abstract fear of crime, cognitive dimensions and behavioral dimensions in both men and women. Lastly, regression models revealed that distinct variables explaining each of the fear of crime dimensions exist. The implications of the findings are discussed herein.
K1 Behavioral component
K1 Fear of crime
K1 Neuroticism
K1 Personality
K1 Risk perception of victimization
K1 Trait fear
DO 10.1177/1477370817749500