TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - Development and factor analysis of a measure of youth attitudes toward guns and violence
JO  - Journal of clinical child psychology
A1  - Shapiro, J. P.
A1  - Dorman, R. L.
A1  - Burkey, W. M.
A1  - Welker, C. J.
A1  - Clough, J. B.
SP  - 311
EP  - 320
VL  - 26
IS  - 3
N2  - Administered the Attitudes Toward Guns and Violence Questionnaire (AGVQ) to 1,619 students in Grades 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, and 12 from four demographically diverse school systems. Fifty-two of the 61 items exhibited satisfactory part-whole correlation and correlation with a validity criterion. Factor analysis revealed four main factors: Aggressive Response to Shame, Comfort With Aggression, Excitement, and Power/Safety. The instrument was reduced to 23 items by deleting items with high cross-loadings. Construct validity was similar for the longer and shorter versions. Youth who self-reported owning a gun produced scores 1.5 SD higher than nonowners. Low scores were associated with a 1 in 125 chance of gun ownership, and high scores were associated with a 1 in 3 chance. Congruency coefficients indicated similar factor structure for the present sample and a separate sample of 5th-, 7th- and 9th-grade students. These results indicate that the AGVQ is a reliable and valid measure of violence-related attitudes in young people.
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SN  - 0047-228X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -