(UNDATED) A poll timed to the first anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre finds Americans believe the primary cause for school shootings and youth violence is the drop in parental quality time with children, not the availability of guns.

The poll was conducted for YROCK.com, a new political Web site whose acronymn stands for Young Republican Online Community Network. Republicans generally oppose gun control measures.

When asked to choose from a list of possible factors that are the “greater cause of youth violence and school shootings today,” 42 percent of respondents picked “the decline in quality time parents spend with their children.” Thirty percent chose “the violence they see and hear on television, movies, music and video games.”

Eleven percent picked “access to guns,” 10 percent chose “the lack of good role models,” and 5 percent chose “the failure of schools to promote civility and moral values.” The rest of the respondents said they didn’t know or refused to answer the question.

Asked what would have the greater influence on reducing such violence, 77 percent of respondents said “teaching children at a young age about right and wrong and respect for human life.” Twelve percent of respondents cited stricter school discipline, 10 percent chose more gun control legislation and the rest said they didn’t know or refused to answer.

Eighty-four percent of respondents said greater parent involvement in children’s lives would have the most influence on reducing gun violence in schools. Fourteen percent of those surveyed said more gun control legislation would have the greatest influence and the rest said they didn’t know or refused to answer.

Most of those surveyed said they believed recent school shootings indicate a national moral decline. Forty-eight percent said they strongly agreed with that statement and 32 percent said they agreed somewhat with it. Ten percent said they disagreed somewhat with the statement and 9 percent said they strongly disagreed with it. The rest said they did not know or refused to answer.

The survey by Luntz Research in Arlington, Va., polled 800 self-described “likely” voters in a telephone survey April 6-9. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

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