Gun carrying by high school students in Boston, MA: Does overestimation of peer gun carrying matter?

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 997-1003

  Hemenway, David ^a   Vriniotis, Mary ^a   Johnson, Renee M ^b   Miller, Matthew ^a   Azrael, Deborah ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Contagion; Firearms; Gang; Gun carrying; Social marketing campaigns; Social norms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; FEMALE; FIREARM; GANG; GUN CARRYING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEER GROUP; PEER PRESSURE; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MARKETING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BOSTON; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; VIOLENCE;

EID: 80052024769     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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