APS
2026 APS Annual Convention · 2026
Neighborhood, Family, and Peer Weapon-Related Factors Predicting Late Adolescent and Young Adult Weapon Use
- Mohamad Khalaifa
Bowling Green State University - Meagan Docherty
Bowling Green State University - Meagan Docherty
University of Michigan - Eric Dubow
University of Michigan - Eric Dubow
Bowling Green State University - Paul Boxer
University of Michigan - Paul Boxer
Rutgers University - Alexus Rock
Bowling Green State University - Lindsay Sepesi
Bowling Green State University - L. Rowell Huesmann
University of Michigan - Adam Moreno-Mendelson
Bowling Green State University
Abstract
We examined a contagion model of the association of weapon exposure in the neighborhood, family, and peer group on late adolescent/young adult weapon use. The odds of weapon use in the past year were predicted by higher levels of exposure to neighborhood weapon violence and ease of obtaining a weapon.
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