TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Prevalence and correlates of victimization and weapon carrying among military- and nonmilitary-connected youth in southern California
JO  - Preventive medicine
A1  - Gilreath, Tamika D.
A1  - Astor, Ron Avi
A1  - Cederbaum, Julie A.
A1  - Atuel, Hazel
A1  - Benbenishty, Rami
SP  - 21
EP  - 26
VL  - 60
IS  - 
N2  - OBJECTIVES: The present analysis sought to explore the normative rates and correlates of school victimization and weapon carrying among military-connected and nonmilitary-connected youth in public schools in southern California. METHODS: Data are from a sub-sample of the 2011 California Healthy Kids Survey (N=14,512). Items to assess victimization and weapon carrying were separated into three categories: physical acts (e.g., being pushed or shoved), nonphysical acts (e.g., having rumors spread about them) and weapon carrying. RESULTS: The bivariate results indicate youth with a military-connected parent had higher rates of physical victimization (56.8%), nonphysical victimization (68.1%), and weapon carrying (14.4%) compared to those with siblings serving (55.2%, 65.2%, and 11.4%, respectively) and nonmilitary-connected (50.3%, 61.6%, and 8.9%, respectively) youth. Having a parent in the military increased the odds of weapon carrying by 29% (OR=1.29, 95% CI=1.02-1.65). Changing schools and a larger number of family member deployments in the past 10years were associated with significant increases in the likelihood of victimization and weapon carrying. Conclusions The results of this analysis warrant a focus on school supports for youth experiencing parental military service, multiple relocations and deployments of a family member.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0091-7435
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.12.002
ID  - ref1
ER  -