Variables Associated with Weapon-Carrying among Young Adolescents in Southern California

Abstract

In a multiethnic sample of 542 young adolescents, we examined the relation between victimization and weapon carrying in a school-based prevalence survey. Physical victimization contributed to this association in boys and relational victimization contributed to this association among girls. The findings support a gender-specific approach to designing violence prevention programs in the schools. © 2007 Society for Adolescent Medicine.