OBJECTIVES: To determine the factors associated with weapon carrying in school among Czech, Russian, and US adolescents. METHODS: Logistic regression was used to analyze data drawn from the Social and Health Assessment (SAHA). RESULTS: Violent behavior (perpetration / victimization) was linked to adolescent weapon carrying in all countries. Substance use was associated with weapon carrying among boys in all countries. Greater parental warmth reduced the odds for weapon carrying among Czech and Russian adolescents. Associating with delinquent peers was important for weapon carrying only among US adolescents. CONCLUSIONS: Factors associated with weapon carrying in school vary among countries although violent behavior and substance use may be associated with weapon carrying across countries.

Child Study Center Yale University Medical School New Haven CT USA

Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Division of Neuroscience Uppsala University Uppsala Sweden

Department of Child Psychiatry Charles University 2nd Faculty of Medicine University Hospital Motol Prague Czech Republic

Institute of Psychology Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Brno Czech Republic

Regional Center for Child and Youth Mental Health and Child Welfare UiT The Arctic University of Norway Norway

Research and Development Unit Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu Fundació Sant Joan de Déu Sant Boi de Llobregat Barcelona Spain

Stockholm Center on Health of Societies in Transition Södertörn University Huddinge Sweden

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