URBAN HIGH-SCHOOL YOUTH AND HANDGUNS - A SCHOOL-BASED SURVEY
URBAN HIGH-SCHOOL YOUTH AND HANDGUNS - A SCHOOL-BASED SURVEY
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DOI：
10.1001/jama.267.22.3038
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发表时间：
1992-06-10
影响因子：
120.7
通讯作者：
RIVARA, FP
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作者：
CALLAHAN, CM;RIVARA, FP
目标。-确定城市高中青年中手枪拥有率，并调查与社会经济地位、种族和越轨行为的关系。-对华盛顿州西雅图一半的公立高中进行调查，这些学校招收了学区11年级学生的50%(N=970)。主要结果衡量标准。-确定手枪拥有者的自我报告、感觉获得手枪的机会、种族/民族认同、社会地位(Hollinghead的社会地位双因素指数)和社会偏差(西雅图自我报告工具)。-34%的学生报告容易获得手枪(47%的男性，22%的女性)，6.4%的学生报告拥有手枪(11.4%的男性，1.5%的女性)。报告的枪支使用经历表明，手枪使用率很高：33%的手枪持有者向某人开枪，9.7%的女学生报告家人或亲密朋友持枪杀人或自杀，6%的男学生报告过去曾携带手枪上学。在报告有越轨行为的学生中，手枪持有率更高。调整年龄、性别和种族/民族，并控制问题行为、帮派成员(优势比[OR]，8.8；95%可信区间[CI]，3.7至20.8)、法官判刑(OR，4.6；95%CI，1.3至15.5)、贩卖毒品(OR，3.7；95%CI，1.8至7.8)、停学或开除(OR，3.5；95%CI，1.7至7.0)以及殴打和殴打(OR，2.5；95%的可信区间为1.1至5.9)与持枪有关。然而，22%的男性手枪持有者没有报告任何上述行为。--接受调查的城市高中生可获得手枪的现象普遍存在，而且并不局限于高危群体。
Objective. - To determine the prevalence of handgun ownership among urban high school youth and investigate associations with socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and deviant behaviors.Design. - Survey of half of the Seattle, Wash, public high schools, which enroll 50% of the school district's 11th-grade students (N = 970).Main Outcome Measures. - Self-reports of handgun ownership, perceived access to handguns, racial/ethnic identity, social status (Hollingshead's Two Factor Index of Social Position), and social deviance (Seattle Self-Report Instrument) were determined.Results. - Thirty-four percent of the students reported easy access to handguns (47% of males, 22% of females) and 6.4% reported owning a handgun (11.4% of males, 1.5% of females). Reported firearm experiences indicated a high rate of handgun utilization: 33% of handgun owners had fired at someone, 9.7% of female students reported a firearm homicide or suicide in family members or close friends, and 6% of male students reported carrying a handgun to school sometime in the past. Handgun ownership was more common among students who reported deviant behaviors. Adjusting for age, gender, and racial/ethnic group and controlling for covariation among the problem behaviors, gang membership (odds ratio [OR], 8.8; 95% confidence interval [CI], 3.7 to 20.8), sentencing by a judge (OR, 4.6; 95% CI, 1.3 to 15.5), selling drugs (OR, 3.7; 95% CI, 1.8 to 7.8), suspension or expulsion from school (OR, 3.5; 95% CI, 1.7 to 7.0), and assault and battery (OR, 2.5; 95% CI, 1.1 to 5.9) were associated with handgun ownership. However, 22% of male handgun owners did not report any of the above behaviors.Conclusion. - The availability of handguns to the urban high school students surveyed is pervasive, and it is not limited to high-risk groups.