Variables Associated with Weapon-Carrying among Young Adolescents in Southern California

Emmanuel Rudatsikira; Pramil Singh; Jayakaran Job; Synnove Knutsen

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.12.011

Variables Associated with Weapon-Carrying among Young Adolescents in Southern California

Emmanuel Rudatsikira
, Pramil Singh
, Jayakaran Job
, Synnove Knutsen

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Abstract

In a multiethnic sample of 542 young adolescents, we examined the relation between victimization and weapon carrying in a school-based prevalence survey. Physical victimization contributed to this association in boys and relational victimization contributed to this association among girls. The findings support a gender-specific approach to designing violence prevention programs in the schools. © 2007 Society for Adolescent Medicine.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	470-473
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume	40
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.12.011
State	Published - May 2007

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Psychiatry and Mental health

Keywords

Adolescent
Victimization
Violence
Weapon-carrying
Confidence Intervals
Age Factors
Crime Victims/statistics & numerical data
Cross-Sectional Studies
Humans
Violence/prevention & control
Male
Ethnicity/statistics & numerical data
Firearms/statistics & numerical data
Sampling Studies
Incidence
California/epidemiology
Risk-Taking
Sex Factors
Female
Adolescent Behavior
Odds Ratio
Child
Schools

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