TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2024//
TI  - Exploring the role of fear, civic disengagement, and economic disenfranchisement within communities that experience gun violence
JO  - Psychological reports
A1  - Ziminski, Devon
A1  - Harmon-Darrow, Caroline
A1  - Westley-Henson, Kiersten
A1  - Ross, Samuel
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - A growing body of research has documented how gun violence can affect mental and physical health outcomes among adults. Likewise, the literature is also beginning to reveal negative psychological effects related to distress and hypervigilance and sociological implications around diminished community engagement and economic opportunity. However, there remains a need to fully explore the role of fear related to the experience of gun violence. Through a qualitative inquiry consisting of community resident focus groups and community leader interviews, this study examined how participants' perceptions of fear related to their exposures to and experiences of gun violence. The findings highlight the pervasive emotional experience of existing in a fearful, distressed, and/or anxious state within certain communities, and how civic disengagement, neighborhood disconnection, and economic disenfranchisement exist in communities that disproportionately experience violence.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0033-2941
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00332941241269500
ID  - ref1
ER  -