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The aim is to investigate how social, emotional, and academic factors influence students' perceptions of safety at school.

March 2, 2026Frontiers in EducationOpen Access

The profile of a student’s sense of (un)safety at school: social, emotional, and academic dimensions

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Explores safety perceptions in students, examining social and emotional factors affecting academic engagement.

The aim is to investigate how social, emotional, and academic factors influence students' perceptions of safety at school.
Utilized data from OECD PISA 2022 involving 613,744 fifteen-year-old students
Employed K-means clustering to classify students into 'safe' and 'unsafe' profiles
Analyzed students' responses to four safety-related survey items across multiple dimensions
Safe students engage more in academic activities and report higher life satisfaction
Unsafe students show academic disengagement and experience emotional distress
Students' perceptions of school safety are linked to socio-economic backgrounds
Safe students enjoy stronger teacher-student and peer relationships

Dudaitė et al. (2026) studied this question.

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