Children and Firearms in the United States: Parent and Child Reports on Firearms Use, Storage, and Training.
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| Titel: | Children and Firearms in the United States: Parent and Child Reports on Firearms Use, Storage, and Training. |
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| Autoren: | Schwebel DC; Department of Psychology (DC Schwebel, A Johnston, and CH Morgan), University of Alabama at Birmingham, Ala. Electronic address: schwebel@uab.edu., Long DL; Department of Biostatistics and Data Science (DL Long), Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC., Johnston A; Department of Psychology (DC Schwebel, A Johnston, and CH Morgan), University of Alabama at Birmingham, Ala., Morgan CH; Department of Psychology (DC Schwebel, A Johnston, and CH Morgan), University of Alabama at Birmingham, Ala; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (CH Morgan), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC. |
| Quelle: | Academic pediatrics [Acad Pediatr] 2025 Nov-Dec; Vol. 25 (8), pp. 102890. Date of Electronic Publication: 2025 Jul 17. |
| Publikationsart: | Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial |
| Sprache: | English |
| Info zur Zeitschrift: | Publisher: Elsevier Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101499145 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1876-2867 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 18762859 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Acad Pediatr Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Original Publication: New York : Elsevier |
| MeSH-Schlagworte: | Firearms*/statistics & numerical data , Parents*, Humans ; Child ; Male ; Female ; Adult ; Southeastern United States ; United States ; Safety ; Parent-Child Relations |
| Abstract: | Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose. Objective: To explore reasons for having firearms, plus firearms storage, training, and use, among firearm-exposed children aged 10-12, and evaluate parent-child agreement in reporting. Methods: Survey research was conducted as part of a larger randomized trial. Children aged 10-12, all exposed to firearms and living in the Southeastern United States, and a parent were recruited from community sources. They independently responded to surveys via tablet about family demographics (parents) and firearms use, storage, and training (parents and children). Descriptive data were examined and parent-child comparisons made. Results: One hundred sixty-three parent-child dyads participated. Consistent with inclusion criteria, both parents (M=4.4, SD=5.1) and children (M=5.3, SD=11.9) reported high numbers of firearms in the home, with protection (82% parents; 73% children) the most common reason. Both parents (76%) and children (78%) reported children knew where some firearms were stored, but about half (parents 55%; children 41%) reported children were unaware of the storage location for all. Over half of parents (55%) and many children (30%) reported some firearms were kept unlocked. Most parents (81%) and children (73%) reported children had firearm safety training from adult family, but few (<10%) from community or online sources. Both parents (44% hunt; 68% shoot) and children (47%; 60%) reported children hunt and shoot at least annually, occasionally unsupervised. Conclusions: Understanding how children engage with firearms guides effective prevention. Results reveal children regularly engage in hunting and shooting, occasionally unsupervised; children are sometimes unaware where firearms are stored in their own homes; and children rarely have formal firearms safety training. (Copyright © 2025 Academic Pediatric Association. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.) |
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| Grant Information: | R01 CE003307 United States CE NCIPC CDC HHS; T32 MH018869 United States MH NIMH NIH HHS |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: Early adolescents; Firearms; Guns; Injury; Safety |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20250719 Date Completed: 20251124 Latest Revision: 20251201 |
| Update Code: | 20251202 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC12289094 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.acap.2025.102890 |
| PMID: | 40683621 |
| Datenbank: | MEDLINE |
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Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.<br />Objective: To explore reasons for having firearms, plus firearms storage, training, and use, among firearm-exposed children aged 10-12, and evaluate parent-child agreement in reporting.<br />Methods: Survey research was conducted as part of a larger randomized trial. Children aged 10-12, all exposed to firearms and living in the Southeastern United States, and a parent were recruited from community sources. They independently responded to surveys via tablet about family demographics (parents) and firearms use, storage, and training (parents and children). Descriptive data were examined and parent-child comparisons made.<br />Results: One hundred sixty-three parent-child dyads participated. Consistent with inclusion criteria, both parents (M=4.4, SD=5.1) and children (M=5.3, SD=11.9) reported high numbers of firearms in the home, with protection (82% parents; 73% children) the most common reason. Both parents (76%) and children (78%) reported children knew where some firearms were stored, but about half (parents 55%; children 41%) reported children were unaware of the storage location for all. Over half of parents (55%) and many children (30%) reported some firearms were kept unlocked. Most parents (81%) and children (73%) reported children had firearm safety training from adult family, but few (<10%) from community or online sources. Both parents (44% hunt; 68% shoot) and children (47%; 60%) reported children hunt and shoot at least annually, occasionally unsupervised.<br />Conclusions: Understanding how children engage with firearms guides effective prevention. Results reveal children regularly engage in hunting and shooting, occasionally unsupervised; children are sometimes unaware where firearms are stored in their own homes; and children rarely have formal firearms safety training.<br /> (Copyright © 2025 Academic Pediatric Association. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.) |
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| ISSN: | 1876-2867 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.acap.2025.102890 |