ArticleThe Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2026
Frequency and Predictors of Adolescent Worry for School Gun Violence in the United States: Findings From a Nationally Representative Study.
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- Parental perceptions of school safety and institutional response after a mass school shooting in Serbia.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Securing schools, protecting minds: a scoping review of limited evidence for weapon carriage prevention in K-12 schools.Cogent mental health · 2025Review
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purposeWhile adolescent exposure to school gun violence (SGV) incidents in the United States (U.S.) has risen sharply over the past decade, limited research has examined adolescent worries about SGV. We examined the frequency and correlates of SGV worry in a U.S. nationally representative sample of adolescents.
methodsData were from adolescent participants (14-17 years; N = 1,017) in the 2022 National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior, a nationally representative study of sexual health experiences of people in the U.S. SGV worry was a single five-point item (not at all worried - extremely worried). We used both weighted descriptive statistics to examine SGV frequency and random intercept mixed effects ordinal regression to examine demographic and background impact on SGV worry.
resultsNearly 75% of adolescents reported some degree of SGV worry; of these, one in five was very or extremely worried. SGV worry was significantly higher for adolescents in younger grades and among racial/ethnic minority youth, as well as for cisgender female and gender minority teens. Adolescents in higher income homes were less worried about SGV. Both teens living in metropolitan locations and teens who reported higher anxiety in the past 2 weeks noted higher SGV worry. DISCUSSION: The U.S. adolescents have a significant level of worry about SGV. Because there are detrimental long-term impacts of prolonged worry, targeted interventions are important for reaching those who are at greatest worry risk, including lower income, race/ethnic minority, and gender minority teens.
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