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ArticleInjury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention2024

Associations between experiencing violence, owning a firearm for protection and firearm storage: a nationally representative analysis of US caregivers of teens.

Rebeccah Lyn Sokol, Daniel Lee, Ali Rowhani-Rahbar, Karissa Pelletier, Marc Zimmerman, Patrick M Carter

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Article in Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Rebeccah Lyn SokolSchool of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA rlsokol@umich.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3892-2337
Daniel LeeInstitute for Firearm Injury Prevention, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Ali Rowhani-RahbarDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2705-4485
Karissa PelletierInstitute for Firearm Injury Prevention, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Marc ZimmermanInstitute for Firearm Injury Prevention, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Patrick M CarterInstitute for Firearm Injury Prevention, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7605-2980
University of Michigan · USUniversity of Washington · US

Funding

Building Research Capacity for Firearm Safety Among ChildrenR24HD087149 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI CUNNINGHAM, REBECCA M., ZIMMERMAN, MARC A · 2017 to 2021
$4.9M
Firearm Safety Among Children and Teens (FACTS): Multi-Disciplinary Research Training ProgramT32HD108054 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Patrick M. Carter, Marc A Zimmerman · 2022 to 2026
$1.7M
NICHD NIH HHS R24 HD087149NICHD NIH HHS T32 HD108054
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo study the interaction between violence exposure and motivations for firearm ownership in their associations with firearm storage among caregivers of teens in the United States.

methodsIn June-July 2020, we conducted a national survey of 2924 caregivers of US teens. We estimated multivariable logistic regressions among caregivers who owned a firearm (n=1095) to evaluate associations between the exposures of community violence, interpersonal violence, and firearm ownership motivations (protection motivations vs non-protection motivations) and the outcome of firearm storage patterns (locked and unloaded vs unlocked and/or loaded). We assessed for a potential interaction between violence exposures and motivations for firearm ownership in their associations with firearm storage.

resultsWe observed no associations between community (adjusted OR [aOR]: 0.86; 95% CI [0.55 to 1.36]) or interpersonal violence exposure (aOR: 0.60; 95% CI [0.22 to 1.65]) and firearm storage behaviours, and these associations did not vary according to firearm ownership motivations (relative excess risk due to interaction: -0.09 [-1.90 to 1.73]; -2.04 [-6.00 to 1.92]). Owning a firearm for protection was associated with increased odds of storing at least one firearm unlocked and/or loaded (aOR: 3.48; 95% CI [2.11 to 5.75]), and this association persisted across all strata of violence exposures (aORs: 1.51-3.98; 95% CIs [0.52 to 8.31]-[1.96 to 8.08]).

conclusionsThe motivation to own a firearm for protection was associated with storing a firearm unlocked and/or loaded. The results suggest the associations between violence exposure and firearm storage are more complicated than anticipated because (1) exposure to violence was not associated with firearm storage practices and (2) motivations for firearm ownership do not appear to explain why people differ in firearm storage following violence exposure.

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Exposure to ViolenceFirearmsAdolescentCaregiversData CollectionHumansOwnershipUnited StatesViolenceEpidemiologyFirearmViolence

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PMCPMC10840900
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