Saukkonen Suvi, Laajasalo Taina, Jokela Markus, Kivivuori Janne, Salmi Venla, Aronen Eeva T
Clinical Institute, Clinic for Children and Adolescents, Child Psychiatry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Tukholmankatu 8 C 613, 00290, Helsinki, Finland.
Child Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatric Center for Children and Adolescents, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2016 Feb;25(2):183-91. doi: 10.1007/s00787-015-0724-2. Epub 2015 May 19.
We investigated the prevalence of juvenile weapon carrying and psychosocial and personality-related risk factors for carrying different types of weapons in a nationally representative, population-based sample of Finnish adolescents. Specifically, we aimed to investigate psychopathic-like personality features as a risk factor for weapon carrying. The participants were 15-16-year-old adolescents from the Finnish self-report delinquency study (n = 4855). Four different groups were formed based on self-reported weapon carrying: no weapon carrying, carrying knife, gun or other weapon. The associations between psychosocial factors, psychopathic-like features and weapon carrying were examined with multinomial logistic regression analysis. 9% of the participants had carried a weapon in the past 12 months. Adolescents with a history of delinquency, victimization and antisocial friends were more likely to carry weapons in general; however, delinquency and victimization were most strongly related to gun carrying, while perceived peer delinquency (antisocial friends) was most strongly related to carrying a knife. Better academic performance was associated with a reduced likelihood of carrying a gun and knife, while feeling secure correlated with a reduced likelihood of gun carrying only. Psychopathic-like features were related to a higher likelihood of weapon carrying, even after adjusting for other risk factors. The findings of the study suggest that adolescents carrying a weapon have a large cluster of problems in their lives, which may vary based on the type of weapon carried. Furthermore, psychopathic-like features strongly relate to a higher risk of carrying a weapon.
我们在一个具有全国代表性的芬兰青少年人群样本中，调查了青少年携带武器的流行情况以及与携带不同类型武器相关的心理社会和人格风险因素。具体而言，我们旨在研究类似精神病态的人格特征作为携带武器的一个风险因素。参与者是来自芬兰自我报告犯罪研究的15至16岁青少年（n = 4855）。根据自我报告的武器携带情况形成了四个不同的组：未携带武器、携带刀具、枪支或其他武器。通过多项逻辑回归分析检验心理社会因素、类似精神病态的特征与武器携带之间的关联。9%的参与者在过去12个月内携带过武器。有犯罪史、受侵害经历和反社会朋友的青少年总体上更有可能携带武器；然而，犯罪和受侵害经历与携带枪支的关联最为强烈，而感知到的同伴犯罪（反社会朋友）与携带刀具的关联最为强烈。学业成绩较好与携带枪支和刀具的可能性降低相关，而感到安全仅与携带枪支的可能性降低相关。即使在调整了其他风险因素之后，类似精神病态的特征与携带武器的较高可能性相关。该研究的结果表明，携带武器的青少年在生活中存在一大类问题，这些问题可能因所携带武器的类型而异。此外，类似精神病态的特征与携带武器的较高风险密切相关。
