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标题：From depression to youth school gun carrying in America: Social connectedness may help break the link
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作者：Shao-Chiu Juan ; David Hemenway
期刊名称：Cogent Social Sciences
电子版ISSN：2331-1886
出版年度：2017
卷号：3
期号：1
页码：1314877
DOI：10.1080/23311886.2017.1314877
出版社：Taylor and Francis Ltd
摘要：School shootings are a serious US problem. Except for restricting the access to firearms, previous research has not identified mediating factors that block the pathway leading from adolescent depression to gun carrying and violence. Our examination of 1,878 adolescents in Boston public schools finds that adolescent depression is associated with carrying guns to school and that social connectedness—positive relationships between the youth and adults—may serve as a mediator between adolescent depression and taking guns to school. Parallel to gun control policy, reinforcing social connectedness may be an effective strategy to prevent mentally distressed youths from taking guns to school.
关键词：school gun carrying;adolescent depression;prevention;social connectedness