Recent research suggests that bullying victimization increases the risk of handgun carrying among adolescents. Yet, little to no research has considered whether different types of bullying victimization (i.e., physical, verbal, cyber) shape handgun-carrying behaviors among youth. Understanding these relationships can, however, inform intervention efforts addressing youths’ access to and motives for carrying handguns. The purposes of this study are twofold. First, we establish whether there is a relationship between bullying victimization and youth handgun carrying. Second, we seek to determine whether certain types of bullying victimization are associated more strongly with handgun carrying than others, using data from the 2022 Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey (FYSAS, n = 47,572), a statewide representative sample of Florida middle school and high school students. The results from multinomial regression models indicate that physical bullying and cyberbullying victimization were associated with an elevated risk of carrying a handgun in the past 12 months. Interventions that underscore the importance of comprehensive anti-bullying interventions that not only address traditional physical aggression among adolescents but also mitigate the evolving challenges posed by unsupervised digital spaces may reduce the risk of handgun carrying.

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欺凌受害者和青少年携带手枪的可能性


最近的研究表明，欺凌受害会增加青少年携带手枪的风险。然而，几乎没有研究考虑不同类型的欺凌受害（即身体、言语、网络）是否会影响青少年的持枪行为。然而，了解这些关系可以为解决青少年获得手枪和携带手枪的动机的干预措施提供信息。这项研究的目的是双重的。首先，我们确定欺凌受害与青少年携带手枪之间是否存在关系。其次，我们利用 2022 年佛罗里达州青少年药物滥用调查 (FYSAS，n = 47,572) 的数据（佛罗里达州初中和高中的全州代表性样本）来确定某些类型的欺凌受害是否与携带手枪的相关性更强。学校学生。多项回归模型的结果表明，身体欺凌和网络欺凌受害与过去 12 个月内携带手枪的风险升高相关。强调全面反欺凌干预措施重要性的干预措施不仅可以解决青少年中传统的身体攻击行为，还可以减轻无人监管的数字空间带来的不断变化的挑战，可能会降低携带手枪的风险。