Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, USA.
J Interpers Violence. 2012 Jul;27(10):2003-21. doi: 10.1177/0886260511432150. Epub 2012 Jan 18.
Weapon-related violence, especially the use of handguns, among adolescents is a serious public health concern. Using public-use data file from the adolescent sample (N = 17,842) in the 2008 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), this study examines the behavioral, parental involvement, and prevention correlates of handgun carrying. Overall, 3.1% of adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17 reported carrying a handgun in the past year. Results from a series of logistic regression models indicated that males, selling and using illicit drugs, were robustly associated with an increased probability of handgun carrying among adolescents. Furthermore, youth who carry handguns were significantly less likely to report a parent being involved in their lives and were significantly more likely to have encountered violence and drug prevention programming compared with youth who did not carry handguns. Implications of these results for prevention and policy are discussed.
青少年的与武器相关的暴力行为，尤其是手枪的使用，是一个严重的公共卫生问题。本研究使用 2008 年国家药物使用与健康调查（NSDUH）青少年样本中的公共使用数据文件（N=17842），调查了青少年携带手枪的行为、父母参与度和预防相关因素。总体而言，12 至 17 岁的青少年中有 3.1%报告在过去一年中携带过手枪。一系列逻辑回归模型的结果表明，男性、贩卖和使用非法药物与青少年携带手枪的可能性增加有很强的关联。此外，携带手枪的青少年报告父母参与其生活的可能性显著降低，而与不携带手枪的青少年相比，他们更有可能遭遇暴力和毒品预防项目。讨论了这些结果对预防和政策的意义。
