Abstract：
Background: Adolescents\' possession of guns was a matter of concern even before the pandemic. It is pertinent to examine whether students continued possessing guns after schools reopened, and if so, identify factors that might have been associated with such behaviors. Towards this end, the present study examined the relationship between highschool students\' experiences and their propensity to possess guns. Methods: This used responses from multiple nationally representative cross-sectional surveys of high school students from the 2019 and 2021 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) and the 2021 Adolescent Behaviors and Experiences Survey (ABES). Gun possession within the past year was the main outcome of interest. Experiences of violence, assault, injury, and other adverse experiences were the independent variables. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regressions, adjusting for sample weights, were performed using SAS. Results: Out of a total of more than 25,000 and 38,000 valid responses, respectively in 2019 and 2021 to the question on gun possession, 4.7% and 4.2% reported carrying a gun at least once within the past year. Experiences of sexual violence, involvement in physical fight, perceived lack of safety, and being threatened/injured by weapons, were associated with higher adjusted odds of guns possession among males and females. Among ABES 2021 respondents (more than 7500), those who witnessed violence in the neighborhood were more likely to possess guns. This association was significant among males, whereas parents being informed about whereabouts was significant for females. Conclusion: This study shows that adverse experiences were associated with a higher odds of guns possession among female and male highschool students. Witnessing violent attack on someone in the neighborhood emerged as a risk factor for males. This suggests that social determinants of health as well as adverse experiences are associated with gun possession among high-school students.
摘要：
背景：即使在大流行之前，青少年拥有枪支也是一个令人担忧的问题。有必要检查学校重新开放后学生是否继续拥有枪支，如果是这样,确定可能与此类行为相关的因素。为此，本研究考察了高中生的经验与他们拥有枪支的倾向之间的关系。方法：这是使用来自2019年和2021年青年危险行为调查（YRBS）和2021年青少年行为和经历调查（ABES）的多个全国代表性高中生横断面调查的回答。过去一年内拥有枪支是人们感兴趣的主要结果。暴力的经历，攻击,损伤,其他不良经历是自变量。双变量和多变量逻辑回归，调整样品重量，使用SAS进行。结果：在总共超过25,000和38,000个有效答复中，分别在2019年和2021年讨论枪支持有问题，4.7%和4.2%的人报告说在过去一年内至少携带过枪支。性暴力的经历，参与身体搏斗，感知到缺乏安全，并受到武器的威胁/伤害，与男性和女性持有枪支的调整后几率较高有关。在ABES2021受访者中（超过7500人），那些在附近目睹暴力的人更有可能拥有枪支。这种关联在男性中很重要，而父母被告知下落对女性来说意义重大。结论：这项研究表明，不良经历与男女高中生拥有枪支的可能性更高有关。目睹对附近某人的暴力袭击成为男性的危险因素。这表明，健康的社会决定因素以及不良经历与高中生拥有枪支有关。
