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What's under the Regalia? An Examination of Campus Concealed Weapon Carrying Behavior and Attitudes toward Policies
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Hayes, Brittany E.; Powers, Ráchael A.; O'Neal, Eryn Nicole – Journal of School Violence, 2021
The current study aims to examine and compare predictors of attitudinal support for campus carry and concealed carrying behaviors on a campus where faculty, staff, and students can legally carry a weapon. This explores the relationship between attitudes and behaviors as it relates to concealed weapons on campuses. Whereas attitudinal correlates…
Descriptors: Weapons, College Students, Behavior, Correlation
Post-Traumatic Stress and Alcohol-Related Problems Following a College Shooting: Effect of Help-Seeking
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Siebert, Erin C.; Stewart, David G.; Hu, Emily M.; Estoup, Ashley C.; Underbrink, Erin G.; Moore, Lindsay S. – Journal of School Violence, 2018
Our aim was to test the hypothesized relationships between trauma exposure and alcohol-related problems, mediated by PTS symptoms, moderated by prior trauma exposure and help-seeking. Participants were 244 members of a private university who were enrolled or employed at the school on the date of a campus shooting. Online measures were distributed…
Descriptors: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Correlation, Drinking, Alcohol Abuse
How Safe Is a School? An Exploratory Study Comparing Measures and Perceptions of Safety
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Hernandez, Diley; Floden, Lysbeth; Bosworth, Kris – Journal of School Violence, 2010
This exploratory study investigates the relation between incident reports to local law enforcement, and students' and teachers' perceptions of school safety. Using a combination of grounded theory and statistics, we compared quantitative data collected from law enforcement agencies with qualitative data provided by students and teachers during…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Violence, School Safety, Focus Groups
Adolescents Who Carry Weapons to School: A Review of Cases
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Finkenbine, Ryan D.; Dwyer, R. Gregg – Journal of School Violence, 2006
Multiple self-report surveys have collected data about weapons in school. This record review study considers characteristics of 47 adolescents adjudicated for carrying weapons at school and provides a descriptive analysis against a comparison group of 37 juveniles with other offenses. Demographics, weapon type, legal history, prior school…
Descriptors: Intelligence Quotient, Weapons, Suspension, Mental Health
Daring, Substance Use and Involvement in Violence among School Children: Exploring a Path Model
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Laufer, Avital; Harel, Yossi; Molcho, Michal – Journal of School Violence, 2006
This study explores whether the association between substance use and involvement in youth violence is a unique association resulting from the properties of the drugs, or whether it is part of a larger behavioral cluster. The sample was composed of 1,571 10th grade students from the Israeli secular and religious state school systems, including…
Descriptors: State Schools, Jews, Intervention, Violence
Alcohol Use and Violence among Adolescents in a Multiethnic Setting
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Goebert, Deborah A.; Caetano, Raul; Nishimura, Stephanie T.; Ramisettymikler, Suhasini – Journal of School Violence, 2004
This study compares the prevalence of drinking behaviors and violence (fighting, weapon carrying, being threatened and feeling unsafe) among Hawaiian, other Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI), and Caucasian students, using data collected from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey in Hawaii in 1997 and 1999 (N = 2,146). Native Hawaiians and…
Descriptors: Violence, Pacific Islanders, Hawaiians, Prevention