Characteristics of Youth with Combined Histories of Violent Behavior, Suicidal Ideation or Behavior, and Gun-Carrying

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• Alternative Title:
  Crisis
• Personal Author:
  Logan, Joseph E. ; Vagi, Kevin J. ; Gorman-Smith, Deborah
• Description:
  Background
  
  Youth reporting combined histories of nonfatal violence, suicidal ideation/behavior, and gun-carrying (VSG) are at risk for perpetrating fatal interpersonal violence and self-harm.
  
  Aims
  
  We characterize these youth to inform prevention efforts.
  
  Methods
  
  We analyzed 2004 data from 3,931 7th, 9th, and 11–12th grade youth and compared VSG youth (n=66) to non-gun carrying youth who either had no histories of violence or suicidal thoughts/behavior (n=1,839), histories of violence (n=884), histories of suicidal thoughts/behaviors (n=552), or both (n=590). We compared groups based on demographic factors, risk factors (i.e., friends who engage in delinquency, peer-violence victimization, depressive symptoms, illicit substance use), and protective factors (i.e., school connectedness, parental care and supervision). Regression models identified factors associated with VSG youth.
  
  Results
  
  Illicit substance use and having friends who engage in delinquency were more common among VSG youth in all comparisons; almost all VSG youth had high-levels of these factors. Depressive symptoms were positively associated with VSG youth versus youth without either violent or suicide-related histories and youth with violent histories alone. School connectedness and parental supervision were negatively associated with VSG youth in most comparisons.
  
  Conclusions
  
  Family-focused and school-based interventions that increase connectedness while reducing delinquency and substance use might prevent these violent tendencies.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Child Depression Female Firearms Humans Juvenile Delinquency Male Parent-Child Relations Parenting Peer Group Protective Factors Risk Factors Substance-Related Disorders Suicidal Ideation Surveys And Questionnaires United States Violence

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• Keywords:
  Youth Gun-carrying Youth Suicide Youth Violence
• Source:
  Crisis. 37(6):402-414
• Pubmed ID:
  27245809
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5133189
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  37
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1f224aad3547d543a5a1f949f88cad030640ef724afd38dfd5389f01936f7ade
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/43195/cdc_43195_DS1.pdf
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