ReviewEpidemiologic reviews2016
Association Between Substance Use and Gun-Related Behaviors.
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19 citing papers in PubMed.
- Firearm violence victimization in the United States: do drug preferences matter?Preventive medicine reports · 2026Article
- Dual pandemic of firearm injury and COVID-19 in Central and Southeastern Ohio: An interrupted time series analysis.PloS one · 2026Article
- Examining longitudinal associations between polysubstance use and firearm-related risk behaviors from adolescence into emerging adulthood: a group-based multi-trajectory modeling approach.Injury epidemiology · 2025Article
- Dual pandemic of firearm injury and COVID-19 in Central and Southeastern Ohio: An interrupted time series analysis.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Evaluating a Digital Intervention to Reduce Aggression and Pro-Firearm Violence Attitudes Among Young Black Males: Pretest-Posttest Feasibility Study.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2025Article
- Adolescent Polysubstance Use and Co-Occurring Weapon Carrying, Bullying Victimization, and Depressive Symptomology: Patterns and Differences in the United States.Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Article
- A scoping review of empirical research on firearms and firearm violence among sexual and gender minority populations in the United States.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2025Article
- Crossing the chasm: engaging Black men survivors of gun violence in mental health services.Trauma surgery & acute care open · 2025Article
- Comparing substance-involved suicide and unintentional deaths from 2011 to 2021 in Missouri, United States.The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse · 2025Article
- Evaluating an App-Based Intervention for Preventing Firearm Violence and Substance Use in Young Black Boys and Men: Usability Evaluation Study.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- A comparative framework for understanding and addressing interpersonal gun violence.Journal of public health policy · 2024Article
- Exposure to Neighborhood Violence and Gun Carrying Among Adolescents in the United States: Findings From A Population-Based Study.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2024Article
- Reported firearm access among patients admitted to a dual diagnosis medically-assisted withdrawal unit over five years.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2022Article
- Age at first alcohol use and weapon carrying among adolescents: Findings from the 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey.SSM - population health · 2021Article
- Risk and protective factors related to youth firearm violence: a scoping review and directions for future research.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2019Article
- Identifying and Addressing Confounding Bias in Violence Prevention Research.Current epidemiology reports · 2019Article
- The Link Between Mental Illness and Firearm Violence: Implications for Social Policy and Clinical Practice.Annual review of clinical psychology · 2017Review
- Editorial: Gun Violence--Risk, Consequences, and Prevention.American journal of epidemiology · 2016Article
- Risk and Protective Factors for Gun Violence in Male Juvenile Offenders.Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53Article
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Abstract
Gun-related violence is a public health concern. This study synthesizes findings on associations between substance use and gun-related behaviors. Searches through PubMed, Embase, and PsycINFO located 66 studies published in English between 1992 and 2014. Most studies found a significant bivariate association between substance use and increased odds of gun-related behaviors. However, their association after adjustment was mixed, which could be attributed to a number of factors such as variations in definitions of substance use and gun activity, study design, sample demographics, and the specific covariates considered. Fewer studies identified a significant association between substance use and gun access/possession than other gun activities. The significant association between nonsubstance covariates (e.g., demographic covariates and other behavioral risk factors) and gun-related behaviors might have moderated the association between substance use and gun activities. Particularly, the strength of association between substance use and gun activities tended to reduce appreciably or to become nonsignificant after adjustment for mental disorders. Some studies indicated a positive association between the frequency of substance use and the odds of engaging in gun-related behaviors. Overall, the results suggest a need to consider substance use in research and prevention programs for gun-related violence.
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