- Psychosocial Correlates of Dating Violence Victimization among Latino Youth
- Author:
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Howard, Donna E. / Beck, Kenneth / Kerr, Melissa Hallmark / Shattuck, Teresa
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Adolescence
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Ethnicity, Gun Carrying
- Keywords:
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Dating, District of Columbia; Washington, Suicide, Victims of Crime, Weapons
A total of 446 Latino adolescents 14-19 years old completed the Identity Positive Youth Development Survey for Latino Youth for a study of physical dating violence victimization. Approximately 9%...
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- Emotional distress, alcohol use, and peer violence among Mexican-American and European-American adolescents
- Author:
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Tschann, J. M. / Flores, E. / Pasch, L. A. / VanOss Marin, B.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- J Adolesc Health
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Alcohol, Ethnicity, Gun Carrying
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Alcohol, European-American, Mexican-American, Violence
The article examines the association between emotional distress, alcohol use, and peer violence among 12-15 year olds. A total of 297 respondents were sampled from the membership list of a health care...
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- Self-report weapon possession in school and patterns of early adolescent adjustment in rural african american youth
- Author:
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Estell, D. B. / Farmer, T. W. / Cairns, B. D. / Clemmer, J. T.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol
- Topics:
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Age Group, Ethnicity, Gender, Gun Carrying, Urban/Rural
- Keywords:
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African American, Youth, aggression, risk factor, weapon carrier
The authors examined weapon carrying in school among rural African American youth, selecting a sample of 345 (189 boys, 156 girls) sixth-grade children from the two poorest counties in a Southern state...
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- Prevalence of Youth Access to Alcohol or a Gun in the Home
- Author:
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Swahn, M. H. / Hammig, B. J. / Ikeda, R. M.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Alcohol, Ethnicity, Gun Carrying
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Cross-Sectional Studies, Data Collection, Firearms, Risk Factors
The authors used cross-sectional data from the 1995 in-home survey of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health to evaluate the national prevalence of adolescents', aged 12-18 years, access...
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- The Rise and Decline of Homicide – and Why
- Author:
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Blumstein, A. / Rivara, F.P. / Rosenfeld R.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Annual Review of Public Health
- Topics:
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Age Group, Crime, Domestic Violence, Ethnicity, Gun Carrying, Legislation and Policy
- Keywords:
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CRIME, Cocaine, Firearms, Violence, drugs
The authors review the homicide trends in the U.S. from the early 1970s to the late 1990s, noting that homicide rates increased dramatically in the latter half of the 1980s, peaked in the 1990s and then...
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- Violent behaviors in early adolescent minority youth: results from a "middle school youth risk behavior survey"
- Author:
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Clubb, P. A. / Browne, D. C. / Humphrey, A. D. / Schoenbach, V. / Meyer, B. / Jackson, M.
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- Matern Child Health J
- Topics:
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Age Group, Ethnicity, Gun Carrying, Students
- Keywords:
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African-American, Alabama, Gun carrying, HISPANIC Americans, Survey
6400 minority (non-White) middle school students between the ages of 9 and 19 in 6 states (Alabama, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina and Washington) responded to a 10 question survey about...
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- Targets of discrimination: Effects of race on responses to weapons holders
- Author:
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Greenwald, A. G. / Oakes, M. A. / Hoffman, H. G.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
- Topics:
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Criminology, Ethnicity, Gun Carrying, Law Enforcement, Social Science
- Keywords:
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Race, Weapon carrying, simulated shooting
The authors examined the effect of race on rapid decisions towards persons holding weapons acted out in 2 computer-simulated tasks. Participants in this experiment responded to simulated (a) criminals...
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- Episodic and persistent gun-carrying among urban African-American adolescents
- Author:
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Steinman, K. J. / Zimmerman, M. A.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- J Adolesc Health
- Topics:
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Ethnicity, Gun Carrying, Local, Students, Urban/Rural
- Keywords:
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Adolescents, African-American, Firearms, Violence, risk factor
The authors examined the risk factors influencing occasional and persistent gun-carrying by urban African-American adolescents, interviewing 705 African-American high school students from four public...
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