TY - JOUR
T1 - Handgun Carrying Among Youth in the United States
T2 - An Analysis of Subtypes
AU - Vaughn, Michael G.
AU - Salas-Wright, Christopher P.
AU - Boutwell, Brian B.
AU - DeLisi, Matt
AU - Curtis, Mary P.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, © The Author(s) 2016.
Copyright:
Copyright 2016 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - Despite a wealth of research finding that adolescents who carry handguns are involved in risky behaviors, there has been little exploration into the heterogeneity of this behavior. Using a pooled sample of 12- to 17-year-olds from the National Study on Drug Use and Health who report past-year handgun carrying (N = 7,872), this study identified four subgroups of handgun carriers: low risk (n = 3,831; 47.93%), alcohol and marijuana users (n = 1,591; 20.16%), fighters (n = 1,430; 19.40%), and severe externalizers (n = 1,020, 12.51%). These subgroups differed on demographic, behavioral, and psychosocial characteristics. Findings are discussed in light of prevention and focused deterrence.
AB - Despite a wealth of research finding that adolescents who carry handguns are involved in risky behaviors, there has been little exploration into the heterogeneity of this behavior. Using a pooled sample of 12- to 17-year-olds from the National Study on Drug Use and Health who report past-year handgun carrying (N = 7,872), this study identified four subgroups of handgun carriers: low risk (n = 3,831; 47.93%), alcohol and marijuana users (n = 1,591; 20.16%), fighters (n = 1,430; 19.40%), and severe externalizers (n = 1,020, 12.51%). These subgroups differed on demographic, behavioral, and psychosocial characteristics. Findings are discussed in light of prevention and focused deterrence.
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U2 - 10.1177/1541204016629721
DO - 10.1177/1541204016629721
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85002263288
VL - 15
SP - 21
EP - 37
JO - Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice
JF - Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice
SN - 1541-2040
IS - 1
ER -