@article{ref1,
title="A scoping review of patterns, motives, and risk and protective factors for adolescent firearm carriage",
journal="Journal of behavioral medicine",
year="2019",
author="Oliphant, Stephen N. and Mouch, Charles A. and Rowhani-Rahbar, Ali and Hargarten, Stephen and Jay, Jonathan and Hemenway, David A. and Zimmerman, Marc and Carter, Patrick M.",
volume="42",
number="4",
pages="763-810",
abstract="Firearm carriage is a key risk factor for interpersonal firearm violence, a leading cause of adolescent (age < 18) mortality. However, the epidemiology of adolescent firearm carriage has not been well characterized. This scoping review examined four databases (PubMed; Scopus; EMBASE; Criminal Justice Abstracts) to summarize research on patterns, motives, and underlying risk/protective factors for adolescent firearm carriage. Of 6156 unique titles, 53 peer-reviewed articles met inclusion criteria and were reviewed. These studies mostly examined urban Black youth, finding that adolescents typically carry firearms intermittently throughout adolescence and primarily for self-defense/protection. Seven future research priorities were identified, including: (1) examining adolescent carriage across age, gender, and racial/ethnic subgroups; (2) improving on methodological limitations of prior research, including disaggregating firearm from other weapon carriage and using more rigorous methodology (e.g., random/systematic sampling; broader population samples); (3) conducting longitudinal analyses that establish temporal causality for patterns, motives, and risk/protective factors; (4) capitalizing on m-health to develop more nuanced characterizations of underlying motives; (5) increasing the study of precursors for first-time carriage; (6) examining risk and protective factors beyond the individual-level; and, (7) enhancing the theoretical foundation for firearm carriage within future investigations.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0160-7715",
doi="10.1007/s10865-019-00048-x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10865-019-00048-x"
}