Risk and protective factors related to youth firearm violence: a scoping review and directions for future research

To conduct our scoping review of risk and protective factors for firearm violence among youth, we searched PubMed, Scopus, EMBASE, and Criminal Justice Abstracts for English-language research articles published between January 1985 and May 2018. We included studies of modifiable risk or protective f...

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Published in:Journal of behavioral medicine 2019-08, Vol.42 (4), p.706-723
Main Authors: Schmidt, Carissa J., Rupp, Laney, Pizarro, Jesenia M., Lee, Daniel B., Branas, Charles C., Zimmerman, Marc A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Aggression
Crime Victims - statistics & numerical data
Criminal justice
Family Medicine
Female
Firearm accidents & safety
Firearms
Firearms - statistics & numerical data
General Practice
Gun violence
Health aspects
Health Psychology
Humans
Individual differences
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Protective Factors
Risk Factors
Social aspects
Suicide
Suicide Prevention
Systematic review
Teenagers
Victimization
Violence
Violence - prevention & control
Wounds, Gunshot - prevention & control
Youth
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Summary:To conduct our scoping review of risk and protective factors for firearm violence among youth, we searched PubMed, Scopus, EMBASE, and Criminal Justice Abstracts for English-language research articles published between January 1985 and May 2018. We included studies of modifiable risk or protective factors associated with intentional (including suicide) or unintentional firearm victimization or perpetration with samples that included youth ≤ 17. Among the 28 included studies, 15 explored risk/protective factors for victimization, five focused on perpetration, five did not differentiate between victimization and perpetration, and five focused on suicide. Most studies examined individual-level risk factors. The few that explored factors beyond the individual were limited by methodological weaknesses and inconsistent findings. Protective factors for youth firearm outcomes were understudied. We need more research on youth firearm violence using longitudinal data and robust statistical methods. Future research is needed to understand the underlying mechanisms by which risk/protective factors influence firearm violence.
ISSN:0160-7715
1573-3521
DOI:10.1007/s10865-019-00076-7