Variables associated with weapon-carrying among young adolescents in southern California.
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.
Rudatsikira
Emmanuel
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Department of Global Health, Loma Linda University School of Public Health, Loma Linda, California 92354, USA. erudatsikira@llu.edu
Singh
Pramil
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Job
Jayakaran
J
Knutsen
Synnove
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D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000367:Age Factors; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D005389:Firearms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012574:Schools; D012737:Sex Factors; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data