Perceived Safety
Dimension 1001 of 1,100 · Health Lens
Perceived Safety measures the extent to which an expression conveys felt protection from physical, environmental, or interpersonal harm. It encompasses appraisals of personal security, safety in home and neighborhood settings, and confidence that one's surroundings or circumstances are not dangerous.
evidence final name · Feel Safe
Minimal Perceived Safety
Expressions activating this band show little or no clear safety-related content, with only fragmentary or incidental cues that do not form a stable appraisal of protection or danger.
Low Perceived Safety
Expressions activating this band frame safety through broad life conditions such as neighborhood disorder, risky behavior, strained protection, or uncertainty about future security. Safety is present as a concern, but it is diffuse and embedded in general vulnerability rather than a direct felt sense of being safe or unsafe.
Moderate Perceived Safety
Expressions activating this band present explicit judgments about safety, danger, crime, accidents, or protection in specific situations. The expression centers on recognizing risk and assessing whether a place, activity, or circumstance is secure.
High Perceived Safety
Expressions activating this band describe safety as a salient personal experience across physical, emotional, bodily, or institutional contexts. The expression emphasizes felt safety or unsafety as an ongoing condition that shapes comfort, worry, and trust.
Very High Perceived Safety
Expressions activating this band convey strong, direct satisfaction with personal safety and a clear sense of being safe in everyday environments such as home or neighborhood. The expression presents safety as immediate, personally felt, and affirmatively endorsed.
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Minimal Feel Safe: Content characterized by when, acting, wireless, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect feel safe at this level.
Emerging Feel Safe: Content characterized by their, dark, when, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect feel safe at this level.
Elevated Feel Safe: Content characterized by safe, require, felt, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect feel safe at this level.
Severe Feel Safe: Content characterized by safe, security, felt, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect feel safe at this level.