Examining Associations Between School Connectedness, Social Support, Violence, and Firearm Carrying.

IF 2.6 3区 心理学 Q1 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY
Journal of Interpersonal Violence Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-02-20 DOI:10.1177/08862605241233267
Teja Sai Pulavarthi, Anthony Fabio, Elizabeth Miller, Alison J Culyba
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Firearms are the leading cause of pediatric deaths. Few studies have identified protective factors that reduce the risk of firearm violence. Interpersonal factors, including school connectedness and social support, protect against multiple health-affecting risk behaviors. Therefore, this study examines associations of school connectedness and social support with firearm and weapon violence involvement. Data were gathered through an anonymous survey conducted across 13 high schools within an urban school district in 2018 (n = 2,604) modeled on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey. Separate hierarchical logistic regression models examined associations between school connectedness and social support, and the outcomes of firearm carrying and engaging in violence with a weapon on school property in the past 12 months. Models were adjusted for age, race, and covariates representing basic needs, education, and mental health. The mean age was 15.7 years, and 57.5% of youth were female. 5.8% of youth had carried firearms and 5.5% engaged in violence with a weapon on school property in the past 12 months. School connectedness was significantly inversely associated with engaging in violence with a weapon on school property (odds ratio [OR] 0.225, 95% confidence interval [CI] [0.080, 0.632] and high levels of social support were significantly inversely associated with firearm carrying (OR 0.522, 95% CI [0.313, 0.870]). School connectedness and social support may be important in protecting youth from firearm and weapon-related violence. Interventions that strengthen safe and supportive interpersonal relationships within school environments and broader support systems across contexts may help reduce firearm and weapon violence involvement.

研究学校联系、社会支持、暴力和持枪之间的关系。
枪支是造成儿童死亡的主要原因。很少有研究能确定减少枪支暴力风险的保护因素。人际关系因素,包括学校联系和社会支持,可以防止多种影响健康的风险行为。因此,本研究探讨了学校联系和社会支持与参与枪支和武器暴力的关系。数据是通过一项匿名调查收集的,该调查于2018年在一个城市学区的13所高中进行(n = 2,604),以美国疾病控制和预防中心的青少年危险行为监测调查为蓝本。独立的分层逻辑回归模型考察了学校关联性和社会支持与过去 12 个月在校内携带枪支和使用武器实施暴力的结果之间的关联。模型对年龄、种族以及代表基本需求、教育和心理健康的协变量进行了调整。平均年龄为 15.7 岁,57.5% 的青少年为女性。在过去 12 个月中,5.8% 的青少年携带过枪支,5.5% 的青少年在校园内使用过武器。学校联系与在校园内使用武器实施暴力明显成反比(几率比[OR]0.225,95% 置信区间[CI][0.080, 0.632]),高水平的社会支持与携带枪支明显成反比(OR 0.522,95% 置信区间[0.313, 0.870])。学校联系和社会支持可能是保护青少年免受枪支和武器相关暴力侵害的重要因素。加强学校环境中安全和支持性的人际关系以及跨环境的更广泛支持系统的干预措施可能有助于减少枪支和武器暴力的发生。
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6.20
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375
期刊介绍: The Journal of Interpersonal Violence is devoted to the study and treatment of victims and perpetrators of interpersonal violence. It provides a forum of discussion of the concerns and activities of professionals and researchers working in domestic violence, child sexual abuse, rape and sexual assault, physical child abuse, and violent crime. With its dual focus on victims and victimizers, the journal will publish material that addresses the causes, effects, treatment, and prevention of all types of violence. JIV only publishes reports on individual studies in which the scientific method is applied to the study of some aspect of interpersonal violence. Research may use qualitative or quantitative methods. JIV does not publish reviews of research, individual case studies, or the conceptual analysis of some aspect of interpersonal violence. Outcome data for program or intervention evaluations must include a comparison or control group.
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