Correlates of Handgun Carrying Among Adolescents in the United States

Vaughn, Michael G.; Perron, Brian E.; Abdon, Arnelyn; Olate, René; Groom, Ralph; Wu, Li‐Tzy

doi:10.1177/0886260511432150

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“…In Thailand, weapon carrying among youth is illegal; thus students who carry may to some extent be more disobedient. The finding that males carry weapons both at higher proportions and in higher adjusted odd ratio than females aligned with earlier studies among adolescents (Cao et al, 2008;Dukes et al, 2010;Durant et al, 1995;Ferguson & Cricket Meehan, 2010;Gilreath et al, 2014;Kodjo et al, 2003;Kulig et al, 1998;Orpinas et al, 1995;Ruangkanchanasetr et al, 2005;Stayton et al, 2011;Vaughn et al, 2012;Walsh et al, 2013;Wright & Fitzpatrick, 2006).…”

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confidence: 88%

The Association Between Weapon Carrying and Health Risk Behaviors Among Adolescent Students in Bangkok, Thailand

Saiphoklang

Wongboonsin

et al. 2015

J Interpers Violence

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Carrying weapons is a significant social and public health problem worldwide, especially among adolescents. The present study examined the association between weapon carrying and related risk behaviors among Thai adolescents. A cross-sectional study of 2,588 high school and vocational school students aged 11 to 19 years from 26 schools in Bangkok, Thailand, was conducted in 2014. This study found that 7.8% of youth reported having carried a weapon in the past 12 months. The high prevalence of weapon carrying was reported by male students, and males were more likely to have reported carrying a weapon than females. The association between weapon carrying and the health risk behaviors like drinking, smoking, any drug use, and physical fighting were significant with higher odds of weapon carrying in all models. Among males, weapon carrying was related to drinking and smoking, any drug use, physical fighting, and school type. Among females, suicidal thoughts were significantly related along with drinking and smoking, any drug use, and physical fighting. Having a mother who used substances was significant only among females. These data could be used for further interventions about weapon carrying to reduce violence.

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confidence: 88%

The Association Between Weapon Carrying and Health Risk Behaviors Among Adolescent Students in Bangkok, Thailand

Saiphoklang

Wongboonsin

et al. 2015

J Interpers Violence

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“…Our finding that drug use in 11 th grade was associated with weapon carrying in EA accedes with previous findings linking drug use to weapon carrying in Hispanic and non-Hispanic samples (Grunbaum, Basen-Engquist, & Pandley, 1998; Vaughn et al, 2012). However, these studies are often conducted in urban areas where drug trafficking is present—a variable we did not consider in the design of the present study.…”

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confidence: 81%

Do adolescent drug use consequences predict externalizing and internalizing problems in emerging adulthood as well as traditional drug use measures in a Hispanic sample?

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Forster

Baezconde‐Garbanati

et al. 2014

Addictive Behaviors

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The present study compares statistical models for three conceptualizations of drug use in 11th grade (past 30 day ever/never use, past 30 day frequency of drug use and past 30 day drug use consequences) with externalizing and internalizing problems in emerging adulthood when controlling for age, academic achievement and socioeconomic status in a Hispanic sample. Multivariate logistic regression models for the different drug use variables were compared when modeling weapon carrying, arrest, multiple lifetime sex partners, drug/alcohol use before sex and condom use in emerging adulthood. A multivariate linear regression model was used to model depression in emerging adulthood as a function of drug use measurement controlling for other covariates and depression in adolescence. Our findings suggest that any conceptualization of drug use will produce equitable results and model fit statistics when examining externalizing problems. However, when investigating internalizing problems, such as depression, lower frequency drug use—and not high frequency—was more strongly associated with depression whereas experiencing high levels of drug use consequences—and not low levels of consequences—was associated with depression in emerging adulthood despite similar model fit values. Variation between drug use and the experience of drug use consequences may lead to misspecification of “at-risk” subgroups of drug users. Implications and future directions are discussed.

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“…Despite its relevance to public health, extant research on youth firearm exposure has focused on weapon carrying as the primary focus of exposure. [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] However, youth are also exposed to firearms and other weapons through direct victimization and witnessing violence; understanding how often and in what ways this occurs is critical to the field's broadening conceptualization of youth victimization.…”

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confidence: 99%