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Peer reviewedWilliams, Sunyna S.; Mulhall, Peter F.; Reis, Janet S.; DeVille, John O. – Journal of Adolescence, 2002
Examines psychosocial correlates of adolescents carrying a handgun and taking a handgun to school. Survey participants were approximately 22,000 6th, 8th, and 10th grade public school students from Illinois. Results showed that the strongest correlates of handgun carrying behaviors were variables directly associated with handguns and violence,…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Delinquency, Guns
