Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Texas A&M University, United States of America.
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Texas A&M University, United States of America.
Prev Med. 2022 Dec;165(Pt A):107305. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107305. Epub 2022 Oct 15.
Firearm violence remains a public health crisis in marginalized, urban communities, with Black adolescents bearing the burden of firearm homicides and injuries. As such, the prevention of firearm violence among adolescents has moved to a high priority of the U.S. public health agenda. The current paper reviews recent literature to highlight the heterogeneity in firearm behavior among Black adolescents and underscore the need for additional research on decision-making and firearm behavior to better understand how adolescents make decisions to acquire, carry, and use firearms. Through a discussion of the disproportionate levels of trauma exposure and trauma symptoms experienced by Black adolescents, the current paper also proposes a trauma-informed approach to understanding decision-making for risky firearm behavior. We discuss the broader impacts of this approach, including the development of a more comprehensive and contextually relevant understanding of the variability in risky firearm behavior and improvements in risk screening capabilities and preventive intervention strategies.
枪支暴力仍然是边缘化城市社区面临的公共卫生危机，黑人青少年是枪支凶杀和受伤的主要受害者。因此，预防青少年枪支暴力已成为美国公共卫生议程的重中之重。本文综述了最新文献，强调了需要进一步研究青少年的决策和枪支行为，以更好地了解青少年如何决定获取、携带和使用枪支。通过讨论黑人青少年经历的不成比例的创伤暴露和创伤症状水平，本文还提出了一种以创伤为中心的方法来理解冒险枪支行为的决策。我们讨论了这种方法的更广泛影响，包括更全面和更具上下文相关性地理解冒险枪支行为的变异性，以及提高风险筛查能力和预防干预策略。
