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Article: Response of African-American adolescents in North Carolina to gun carrying by school mates.
- Article from:
- Journal of School Health
- Article date:
- January 1, 1996
- Author:
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Many adolescents report carrying weapons, with youngsters sometimes carrying weapons into school.[1-5] A nationwide survey of high school students found that approximately 30% of males and 8% of females carried a weapon to school in the past month.[6]
Although the presence of weapons at school has been associated with students' risk of physical injuries, little attention has focused on students' emotional and behavioral is in a dangerous situation may trigger emotional and behavioral responses.[7] For example, in response to beliefs that a threatening situation exists at school (beliefs that others bring weapons to school), adolescents may react emotionally ...