Distinguishing between-individual from within-individual predictors of gun carrying among Black and White males across adolescence.

ABSTRACT: Longitudinal studies have found that male adolescents who deal drugs, associate with delinquent peers, and engage in aggressive behavior are at increased risk for carrying a gun (between-individual risks). However, it is unclear whether changes in these risk factors help to explain fluctuations in youth gun carrying across adolescence (within-individual risks). The current study examined this issue using a community sample of 970 adolescent males (58% Black, 42% White) assessed annually from ages 14 to 18. Multilevel models examined the extent to which between-individual differences and within-individual changes in drug dealing, peer delinquency, aggressive behavior, and neighborhood disadvantage were associated with gun carrying across adolescence. Each of these predictors, except for dis

SUBMITTER: Docherty M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6642808 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature