Relationship between personal relationships and fear of crime

コジンテキ タイジン カンケイ ト ハンザイ フアン ノ カンレン

ハシモト, タケシ

Hashimoto, Takeshi

オオサカ ダイガク ダイガクイン ニンゲン カガク ケンキュウカ タイジン シャカイ シンリガク ケンキュウシツ

一般的信頼

対人ストレス

ソーシャル・サポート

孤独感

fear of crime

general trust

interpersonal stress

social support

loneliness

The purpose of this study is to examine effects of positive and negative aspects of personal relationships (social support, loneliness, and interpersonal stress) and general interpersonal attitude (general trust and caution) on fear of crime. Five hundred and seventeen Japanese adults (250 males, 267 females) completed the questionnaire. Females showed higher fear of crime than males. Socio-economic status correlated with fear of crime negatively, and this correlation is more explicit among females than males. Only for males, interpersonal friction (a subscale of interpersonal stressor) correlated positively with fear of crime, but not for females. Additionally, only for males, positive correlation between interpersonal friction and fear of crime was amplified significantly by higher general trust. Furthermore, people who are older, higher socio-economic status, and have spouse and children, indicated higher social support, self-esteem, and general trust, and lower caution and loneliness. Some interpersonal stressor subscales (interpersonal blunder and interpersonal friction) showed negative correlation with age.