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High school students of above average age for their class are more likely to carry guns in school, a recent study found. Dr. D. Neil Hayes of the Boston University School of Medicine and David Hemenway '74 of the Harvard School of Public Health drew this conclusion from a study of 59 Massachusetts high schools...
Studies in other states have produced similar results, Hemenway said yesterday, but this was the first study that specifically analyzed the age factor. The study was done through the Massachusetts Youth Risk Behavior Survey (MYRBS) which asked students a series of 10 questions that measured their propensity for violent behavior...
According to Hayes and Hemenway, students may be above-average age for their class because they have failed previous grades...
This puts them at a higher risk for behavior problems and absenteeism. They are also more likely to have a low self-esteem and feel isolated from their peers. These factors, Hayes and Hemenway believe, could be the reasons that older students within their grades carry guns more often...
...Hemenway said he thinks that the problem is not the inherent violent tendencies of these students. Many students surveyed indicated that they carried a gun for protection, because they felt threatened by other students who had guns. Hemenway said he sees this as a problem with the supply of guns to students...