The Direct and Indirect Associations between Childhood Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Adolescent Gun Violence.

ABSTRACT: We examined whether childhood socioeconomic disadvantage was associated with adolescent gun violence and whether early symptoms of conduct disorder and/or exposure to delinquent peers accounted for the linkage. Participants were 503 predominately Black and White boys who were recruited in 1st grade from Pittsburgh public schools. Multi-informant assessments were conducted regularly from approximately ages 7 to 20. A latent socioeconomic disadvantage factor was estimated with census-tract and parent-reported data when boys were about age 7½. Latent growth curve models assessed parent/teacher-reported conduct problems and youth-reported peer delinquency from about ages 7½ to 10. The outcome was youth-reported engagement in gun violence by about age 20. We also controlled for race. Analyses e

SUBMITTER: Beardslee J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7007379 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature