RT Article
T1 Adolescent obesity and weapon carrying at school
JF Journal of crime and justice
VO 42
IS 4
SP 430
OP 443
A1 Eitle, David James
A2 Eitle, Tamela McNulty
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1728581680
AB This study examined the association between obesity and weapon carrying at school, controlling for measures representing the victimization and violent lifestyle theses. We investigated the obesity-weapon carrying association using two waves of data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). Results find that obesity is associated with a heightened risk of weapon carrying at school for males. While a measure representing victimization was found to be predictive of weapon carrying at school, there was little evidence that victimization mediated the link between obesity and the dependent variable. One novel finding that is adduced from the results is that obesity is associated with gang membership; antigang efforts/initiatives need to be inclusive of obese youth if these initiatives are to maximize their success.
K1 Weapon carrying
K1 Adolescent BMI
K1 Victimization
DO 10.1080/0735648X.2018.1559753