Gun Carrying by High School Students in Boston, MA: Does Overestimation of Peer Gun Carrying Matter?

Autor/inn/en	Hemenway, David; Vriniotis, Mary; Johnson, Renee M.; Miller, Matthew; Azrael, Deborah
Titel	Gun Carrying by High School Students in Boston, MA: Does Overestimation of Peer Gun Carrying Matter?
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescence, 34 (2011) 5, S.997-1003 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0140-1971
DOI	10.1016/j.adolescence.2010.11.008
Schlagwörter	Weapons; Marketing; Youth; High School Students; Urban Schools; Peer Influence; Student Attitudes; At Risk Students; Surveys; Gender Differences; Correlation; Incidence; Massachusetts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weapon; Waffe; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Schülerverhalten; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Korrelation; Vorkommen; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	This paper investigates: (1) whether high school students overestimate gun carrying by their peers, and (2) whether those students who overestimate peer gun carrying are more likely to carry firearms. Data come from a randomly sampled survey conducted in 2008 of over 1700 high school students in Boston, MA. Over 5% of students reported carrying a gun, 9% of boys and 2% of girls. Students substantially overestimated the percentage of their peers who carried guns; the likelihood that a respondent carried a gun was strongly associated with their perception of the level of peer gun carrying. Most respondents believed it was easier for other youth to obtain guns than it was for them. Social marketing campaigns designed to lower young people's perceptions about the prevalence of peer gun carrying may be a promising strategy for reducing actual gun carrying among youth. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10