The global and the local: precautionary behaviors in the realms of crime, health, and home safety

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dc.contributor.authorVan Brunschot, Erin Gibbs
dc.contributor.authorLaurendeau, Jason
dc.contributor.authorKeown, Leslie-Anne
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-06T23:13:45Z
dc.date.available2017-04-06T23:13:45Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.descriptionOpen accessen_US
dc.description.abstractExpressions of anxieties are examined in the realms of crime, health and home safety. We consider protective behaviours that individuals undertake in each of these realms as potential outlets for the expression of anxiety; the way in which elements of social context such as age, education and income, and biographical factors including past experiences, perceived control, and anxieties about future events contribute to protective behaviours within each realm is examined. Findings indicate different factors drive precautionary behaviours for men and women, suggesting gender as a lens through which precautionary behaviours are taken up. Global anxiety inconsistently predicts precautionary behaviours — a finding that questions both the utility of and the theoretical significance of global anxiety. Local (individual) negative experiences within these realms play an important role in predicting preventative behaviour, although the impact of negative experiences among the realms and between the sexes is inconsistent. Light is shed on the relationship between global anxieties and local expressions suggesting that behaviour may have a far more local element than might be expected.en_US
dc.description.peer-reviewYesen_US
dc.identifier.citationVan Brunschot, E.G., Laurendeau, J., Keown, L. (2009). The global and the local: Precautionary behaviours in the realms of crime, health, and home safety. Canadian Journal of Sociology/Cahiers Canadiens du Sociologie, 34(2), 403-430en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/4824
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Albertaen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Sociologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Lethbridgeen_US
dc.subjectRisken_US
dc.subjectAnxietyen_US
dc.subjectProtectionen_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.subjectCrimeen_US
dc.subjectHealthen_US
dc.subjectSafetyen_US
dc.subjectPrecautionary behavior
dc.subject.lcshHome accidents--Prevention
dc.subject.lcshCrime prevention--Citizen participation
dc.subject.lcshFear of crime
dc.subject.lcshAnxiety in women
dc.titleThe global and the local: precautionary behaviors in the realms of crime, health, and home safetyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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