Although studies have investigated and found an association between victimization and weapon carrying, few studies have examined the association between exposure to neighborhood violence (NV) and gun carrying among adolescents. The objective of this study was to examine the cross-sectional association between exposure to NV and gun carrying among adolescents. Data for this study came from the 2021 Youth Risk Behavior Survey. An analytic sample of 17,033 adolescents aged 14 to 18 years old (51.7% male) was analyzed using logistic regression with complementary log-log link function. The outcome variable investigated in this study is gun carrying and was measured as a binary variable, whereas the main explanatory variable examined in this study was exposure to NV, which was also measured as a binary variable. Of the 17,033 adolescents, 4.2% carried a weapon during the past year, and 18.7% were exposed to NV. Controlling for the effects of other factors, adolescents who were exposed to NV had more than double the odds of carrying a gun when compared to their counterparts not exposed to NV (adjusted odds ratio = 2.33, 95% Confidence Intervals [1.69, 3.23]). Other significant factors associated with gun carrying include being a male, non-Hispanic Black, being threatened or injured with a weapon, use of alcohol, cigarette smoking, and misuse of prescription opioids. High parental monitoring was protective against gun carrying. The findings of this study underscore the importance of developing age-appropriate intervention strategies to reduce gun carrying among adolescents. School counselors and other professionals working with adolescents in disadvantaged neighborhoods should actively engage parents in assessments and interventions.

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美国青少年遭受邻里暴力和携带枪支的情况：基于人口的研究结果

尽管有研究调查并发现受害与携带武器之间存在关联，但很少有研究探讨暴露于邻里暴力 (NV) 与青少年携带枪支之间的关联。本研究的目的是调查青少年接触 NV 与携带枪支之间的横向关联。本研究的数据来自 2021 年青少年危险行为调查。使用具有互补双对数链接函数的逻辑回归对 17,033 名 14 至 18 岁青少年（51.7% 男性）的分析样本进行了分析。本研究调查的结果变量是携带枪支，并作为二元变量进行测量，而本研究检查的主要解释变量是 NV 暴露，也作为二元变量进行测量。在 17,033 名青少年中，4.2% 的人在过去一年中携带过武器，18.7% 的人接触过 NV。控制其他因素的影响后，接触过 NV 的青少年携带枪支的几率是未接触过 NV 的青少年的两倍多（调整后的优势比 = 2.33，95% 置信区间 [1.69，3.23]） 。与携带枪支相关的其他重要因素包括男性、非西班牙裔黑人、受到武器威胁或伤害、饮酒、吸烟和滥用处方阿片类药物。家长的高度监控可以防止携带枪支。这项研究的结果强调了制定适合年龄的干预策略以减少青少年持枪的重要性。学校辅导员和其他与弱势社区青少年一起工作的专业人员应积极让家长参与评估和干预。