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Screening for Access to Firearms by Pediatric Trainees in High-Risk Patients

by admin | Feb 3, 2020

Objective Access to firearms is an independent risk factor for completed suicide and homicide, and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that pediatricians screen and counsel about firearm access and safe storage. This study investigates how often pediatric...

Perceptions of firearms and suicide: The role of misinformation in storage practices and openness to means safety measures

by admin | Feb 3, 2020

Background: Firearm ownership and unsafe storage increase risk for suicide. Little is known regarding factors that influence storage practices and willingness to engage in means safety. Methods: Utilizing Amazon’s Mechanical Turk program, we recruited an online...

Who owns guns and how do they keep them? The influence of household characteristics on firearms ownership and storage practices in the United States

by admin | Feb 3, 2020

Our paper aims to describe firearm-related behavior among American households and to quantify the influence of household characteristics on the probability of firearms possession and storage practices. Applying logistic regression techniques to data from the...

Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Teaching Package Utilizing Behavioral Skills Training and In Situ Training to Teach Gun Safety Skills in a Preschool Classroom

by admin | Feb 3, 2020

There are a number of different safety threats that children face in their lives. One infrequent, but highly dangerous situation a child can face is finding a firearm. Hundreds of children are injured or killed by firearms each year. Fortunately, behavioral skills...

Is It a Dangerous World Out There? The Motivational Bases of American Gun Ownership

by admin | Feb 3, 2020

Americans are the world’s best armed citizens and public polling suggests protection/self-defense is their main reason for gun ownership. However, there is virtually no psychological research on gun ownership. The present article develops the first psychological...
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