Security or Safety: Quantitative and Comparative Analysis of Usage in Research Works Published in 2004–2019
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Department of Psychology and Education, School of Arts and Humanities, Far Eastern Federal University, 8 Sukhanova St., 690091 Vladivostok, Russia
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Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies, School of Arts and Humanities, Far Eastern Federal University, 8 Sukhanova St., 690091 Vladivostok, Russia
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School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC V6B5K3, Canada
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Behav. Sci. 2019, 9(12), 146; https://doi.org/10.3390/bs9120146
Received: 25 November 2019
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Revised: 5 December 2019
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Accepted: 6 December 2019
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Published: 9 December 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue XVI European Congress of Psychology)
This article is devoted to the statistical analysis of security and safety frequency in the context of categories connected with social institutions and personality features in research works from 2004–2019. Research was based on the following methods: quantitative analysis of safety frequency in the context with coded “categories” related to social institutions and personality features; analysis was conducted with computer-assisted content analysis QDA Miner Lite v. 1.4 and Fisher’s F-test. An analysis of 1157 works showed that the terms “security” and “safety” were quantitatively more frequent when used with concepts related to social institutions than with concepts related to personality features. In our opinion, this qualitative trend shows the prevailing significance of social aspects of security over its personal (psychological) traits for research analysis and practical social aspects. The priority usage of the terms “security” and “safety” can be related to the securitization of society, (i.e., to the increased role and significance of social ways of providing security and protection from threats), primarily with the help of external law-enforcing actors such as the state, police, and army. Securitization counterweights the development of social and psychological mechanisms of security—developing motivation for safe behavior, personal self-regulation, and self-production of security as an internal feeling of protection.
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Keywords:
psychology; safety; security; psychological security; psychological safety; human well-being
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Bubnovskaia, O.V.; Leonidova, V.V.; Lysova, A.V. Security or Safety: Quantitative and Comparative Analysis of Usage in Research Works Published in 2004–2019. Behav. Sci. 2019, 9, 146. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs9120146
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Bubnovskaia OV, Leonidova VV, Lysova AV. Security or Safety: Quantitative and Comparative Analysis of Usage in Research Works Published in 2004–2019. Behavioral Sciences. 2019; 9(12):146. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs9120146
Chicago/Turabian StyleBubnovskaia, Olesia V., Vitalina V. Leonidova, and Alexandra V. Lysova. 2019. "Security or Safety: Quantitative and Comparative Analysis of Usage in Research Works Published in 2004–2019" Behavioral Sciences 9, no. 12: 146. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs9120146
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