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
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• Keywords:
  • Youth violence
  • youth suicide
  • youth gun-carrying
• 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
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/43195/cdc_43195_DS1.pdf
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  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1f224aad3547d543a5a1f949f88cad030640ef724afd38dfd5389f01936f7ade