The Effect on the Degree of Fear according to the Surroundings of Residence on Self-Protective Behavior: Focusing on the Moderating Effect of Possession of Self-Defense Supplies

This study determined the Degree of Fear according to Surroundings of Residence, Relations with local residents, Response to crime by local residents, and Active local police activities, And investigated whether Self-Protective Behavior occurs due to Fear. After We looked into whether Defense Supplies had a moderating effect. The study was conducted using secondary data from the ‘2020 National Life Safety Survey’. The results of the study are as follows. People felt more Fear when their Surroundings were worse. In addition, the better the Relations with local residents, the greater the Fear. And the less Responded to the crime by local residents. And Active local police activities was not associated with fear, it was assumed that police were not frequently visible in real life, so they had no effect on the relationship with fear. Regarding Fear and Self-Protective Behavior, Self-Protective Behavior increased as Fear increased. In addition, when we looked at whether possession of self-defense supplies moderated the relationship between Fear and Self-Protective Behavior, a Moderating effect was confirmed. It was seen that the more possession of self-defense supplies, the more actively they responded to Self-Protective Behavior.