@article{ref1,
title="Exposure to violence, firearm involvement, and socioemotional consequences among California adults",
journal="Journal of interpersonal violence",
year="2020",
author="Aubel, Amanda J. and Pallin, Rocco and Wintemute, Garen J. and Kravitz-Wirtz, Nicole",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Violence is a leading cause of injury and death, and its impacts extend far beyond physical harm to the victim. We estimated the prevalence of direct or indirect  exposure to violence, factors associated with exposure, and effects of exposure on  socioemotional health-with effect modification by firearm involvement during the  violent event-among a state-representative sample of California adults. We also  examined effects of exposure on subsequent intent to purchase firearms. The sample  comprised 2,558 California adults who completed the 2018 California Safety and  Wellbeing Survey. An estimated 4% of respondents-1.2 million Californians-said they  or a household member were exposed to violence while living in their current  neighborhood. Half of those exposed to violence reported the event was &quot;severely&quot;  distressing, and 47% experienced social functioning problems (i.e., problems with  job/school and/or family/friends); for comparison, only 12% of unexposed adults  reported having such problems in the past 12 months. When the violent event involved  a weapon, respondents who did (versus did not) experience severe distress were  significantly more likely to report that a firearm was present (69% versus 14%);  those with (versus without) social functioning problems were significantly more  likely to report other types of weapons were involved (67% versus 22%). Exposed  adults considered buying a gun in response to the violent event more often than did  unexposed respondents in the past 12 months (33% versus 17%). These findings  highlight the need to address the physical and psychological sequelae of violence  exposure among direct and indirect victims and can inform violence prevention  research, programs, and policies across the nation.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0886-2605",
doi="10.1177/0886260520983924",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260520983924"
}