ERIC Number: ED595631
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Apr-10
Pages: 14
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Associations among Self-Reported School Violence, Military Connection, and Gang Membership in Secondary Schools in California
Estrada, Joey Nuñez; Gilreath, Tamika; Yadira, Cathia; Astor, Ron Avi
AERA Online Paper Repository, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Washington, DC, Apr 8-12, 2016)
It is possible that multiple moves and deployments of family service members are associated with military-connected students' gang membership and involvement with school violence behaviors. In this study, 13,484 students completed modules of the California Healthy Kids Survey. Logistic regressions examined the odds of a student being a member of a gang given their grade, gender, school violence behaviors, military-connectedness, changes in schools, and familial deployments. Results indicate changing schools four or more times in the past 5 years and experiencing at least one familial deployment was associated with an increased likelihood of gang membership. The findings support schools in understanding characteristics of military-connected students they serve so they can implement appropriate interventions to curb gang and school violence behaviors.
Descriptors: Juvenile Gangs, Violence, Intervention, Military Personnel, Correlation, Educational Environment, Student Attitudes, Family Relationship, Parent Child Relationship, Student Mobility, Military Service, Student Adjustment, At Risk Students, Secondary School Students, Friendship, Relocation, Group Membership
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Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California
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