McGee Rob, Carter Melissa, Williams Sheila, Taylor Barry
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Aust N Z J Public Health. 2005 Feb;29(1):13-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-842x.2005.tb00741.x.
To examine self-report of carrying weapons and correlates in a sample of New Zealand high school students.
A sample of 652 Year 11 students from all Dunedin high schools completed a web-based version of the US Youth Risk Behaviour Survey. This included questions on weapon carrying, fighting, and feeling unsafe at school, as well as measures of family and peer/friend connectedness and perception of school climate.
Reports of ever carrying a weapon and carrying one in the last 30 days were relatively common, being 27.5% and 19.3% respectively. Weapon carrying in the last 30 days was strongly associated with being male, fighting in the last year, missing school due to feeling unsafe, and a poorer perception of school climate.
Many high school students report weapon carrying, which in turn was associated with other aspects of physical aggression. Further study of the lethality of weapons being carried and the context in which they might be used is clearly warranted.
在新西兰高中生样本中研究携带武器的自我报告及其相关因素。
来自达尼丁所有高中的652名11年级学生完成了美国青少年风险行为调查的网络版。这包括关于携带武器、打架以及在学校感到不安全的问题，还有家庭和同伴/朋友联系程度以及对学校氛围感知的测量。
曾携带武器和在过去30天内携带武器的报告相对常见，分别为27.5%和19.3%。过去30天内携带武器与男性、去年打架、因感到不安全而缺课以及对学校氛围的较差感知密切相关。
许多高中生报告携带武器，而这又与身体攻击的其他方面相关。显然有必要进一步研究所携带武器的致命性以及可能使用武器的情境。
