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Author: Comer, Benjamin P.
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Comer, Benjamin P. Connolly, Eric J. |
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Correlates of School Gun Carrying among Black, Hispanic, and White Male Adolescents: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Sample of Youth Preventive Medicine published online (8 October 2020): 106277. Also: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0091743520303017 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Elsevier Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Anxiety; Crime; Depression (see also CESD); School Quality The current study examined whether previously identified factors associated with adolescent gun carrying similarly predict adolescent school gun carrying. Logistic regression models are used to predict risk of school gun carrying among a nationally representative sample of adolescent males (n = 4559). Results revealed that a range of individual- and environmental-level factors increase the odds of school gun carrying, including a 13% increased likelihood of carrying a gun to school among individuals with more symptoms of anxiety and depression. Additionally, analyses indicated that several individual- and environmental-level factors differentially increase the likelihood of school gun carrying across race and ethnicity. Policies aimed at reducing gun carrying in schools should address both the known correlates of adolescent school gun carrying broadly and the specific correlates of gun carrying as they vary across particular groups of youth. Future research should attempt to replicate these and other studies findings across diverse samples of adolescents and identify other potential correlates of adolescent school gun carrying not previously addressed. |
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Comer, Benjamin P. and Eric J. Connolly. "Correlates of School Gun Carrying among Black, Hispanic, and White Male Adolescents: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Sample of Youth." Preventive Medicine published online (8 October 2020): 106277.
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Comer, Benjamin P. Connolly, Eric J. |
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Exposure to Gun Violence and Handgun Carrying from Adolescence to Adulthood Social Science and Medicine published online (22 May 2023): 115984. Also: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953623003416 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Elsevier Keyword(s): Childhood Adversity/Trauma; Handguns, carrying or using; Modeling, Growth Curve/Latent Trajectory Analysis Rationale: While empirical interest in understanding the mental health consequences surrounding gun violence has increased, currently there is much unknown about the long reach of childhood exposure to gun violence on handgun carrying across the life course. Objective: The current study aims to evaluate the relations between witnessing gun violence before age 12 and subsequent handgun-carrying behavior from adolescence to adulthood in a nationally representative sample of U.S. youth. Methods: Data from 15 waves from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997) are analyzed (Ns range from 5695 to 5875 participants). Categorical latent growth curve models are estimated to assess individual differences in handgun-carrying behavior over time and the relationships between childhood exposure to gun violence, initial levels during adolescence, and rates of change from adolescence to adulthood. Results: Participants who reported witnessing seeing someone shot or shot at in childhood demonstrated higher odds of carrying a handgun in adolescence. Exposure to gun violence was not associated with changes in the odds of handgun carrying from adolescence to adulthood after controlling for theoretically relevant covariates. |
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Bibliography Citation
Comer, Benjamin P. and Eric J. Connolly. "Exposure to Gun Violence and Handgun Carrying from Adolescence to Adulthood." Social Science and Medicine published online (22 May 2023): 115984.
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