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ERIC Number: ED595631
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Apr-10
Pages: 14
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-
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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.
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Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: California
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