Vulnerability to victimization, concurrent problem behaviors, and peer influence as predictors of in-school weapon carrying among high school students

Violence and Victims

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 277-289

  Simon, Thomas R ^a,b   Dent, Clyde W ^a   Sussman, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Div of Violence Prevention   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; MALE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTOR; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031410214     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.12.3.277     Document Type: Article

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