The New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA.
Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2022 Jun;52(3):537-548. doi: 10.1111/sltb.12844. Epub 2022 Mar 8.
To identify and verify classes of firearm owners that exist within the United States and determine the sources that classes deemed credible to discuss firearm safety for suicide prevention.
The study is composed of two parts. Part 1 (N = 1018) utilizes a nationally representative sample of firearm owners. Part 2 (N = 1064) consists of firearm owners from Mississippi, Minnesota, and New Jersey.
Four unique classes were identified in Sample 1: multiple firearms class, single handgun class, few firearms class, and long-gun class. A three-class solution was found for sample 2. Two of the classes from sample 1 replicated: multiple firearms class and single handgun class. Although many of the classes differed in the ranking of credible sources, a combination of The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, law enforcement officers, and family members was ranked as credible sources among all classes.
Findings provide evidence of the heterogenous nature of firearm owners and can be utilized to better understand the subgroups of firearm owners. Additionally, the findings from the credible sources analyses can be leveraged to create more effective safe firearm storage messaging which may increase adherence with safe storage suggestions and ultimately reduce suicide rates.
确定并验证美国境内存在的枪支拥有者类别，并确定被认为可信的枪支安全预防自杀的讨论来源。
该研究由两部分组成。第 1 部分（N=1018）利用了一项具有全国代表性的枪支拥有者样本。第 2 部分（N=1064）由来自密西西比州、明尼苏达州和新泽西州的枪支拥有者组成。
在样本 1 中确定了四个独特的类别：多支枪支类、单手枪类、少量枪支类和长枪类。在样本 2 中发现了一个三类别解决方案。样本 1 中的两个类别得以复制：多支枪支类和单手枪类。尽管许多类别在可信来源的排名上存在差异，但美国自杀预防基金会、执法人员和家庭成员的组合在所有类别中被认为是可信的来源。
研究结果提供了枪支拥有者异质性的证据，可以用来更好地理解枪支拥有者的亚组。此外，可信来源分析的结果可以用来创建更有效的安全枪支储存信息，这可能会增加对安全储存建议的遵守，并最终降低自杀率。
