@article{ref1,
title="Motivations for firearm possession and storage practices among urban young adults: differences between parents and non-parents",
journal="Injury prevention",
year="2020",
author="Sokol, Rebeccah Lyn and Schmidt, Carissa and Miller, Alison L. and Walton, Maureen A. L. and Zimmerman, Marc and Resnicow, Kenneth and Cunningham, Rebecca M. and Carter, Patrick M.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To evaluate motivations for firearm possession among urban young adults and determine if differences emerge between parents and non-parents, and to identify if storage practices differed according to motivation for firearm possession and parenting status.   METHODS: We used cross-sectional data among young adults seeking urban emergency department treatment at Hurley Medical Center between 2017 and 2018. Our analyses, completed in 2020, included 194 firearm-possessing young adults, 95 of whom were young parents.   RESULTS: Firearm-possessing parents were more likely to have a firearm for protection, than for any other motivation, compared with firearm-possessing non-parents (OR: 2.38, 95% CI 1.06 to 5.46). A significant interaction between parenting status and motivation for possession indicated the association between protective motivations and locked storage was significantly different between parents and non-parents, whereby there was a decreased odds of locked storage among non-parents who were motivated to possess a firearm for protection compared with any other motivation, but this association did not exist for parents (interaction OR=10.57, p<0.05).   CONCLUSION: Parental motivation for possessing a firearm most often lies in the desire to protect families. This motivation, however, does not necessitate unsafe storage.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1353-8047",
doi="10.1136/injuryprev-2020-043856",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2020-043856"
}