Hardy M S, Armstrong F D, Martin B L, Strawn K N
Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte 28223, USA.
J Dev Behav Pediatr. 1996 Aug;17(4):216-21.
The purpose of this study was to compare children's play and aggressive behavior with firearms before and after an information-based intervention. Correlates of aggression and gun play were also analyzed. Subjects were 24 pairs of preschool children videotaped for 10 minutes in a structured play setting, in which they had access to a variety of toys and to real and toy guns. One child from each dyad was then exposed to an information-based intervention and told not to play with guns. The children were again videotaped in the same setting approximately 1 week later. Results indicated that the intervention was ineffective in modifying the behavior of the children. Regression analyses revealed that access to a parent's firearm was correlated with gun play and that gun play and handling of firearms in the home were correlated with aggressive behavior. The findings in this study represent the first systematic attempt to decrease gun play in children and suggest that information provision alone is an insufficient intervention.
本研究的目的是比较在基于信息的干预前后，儿童对枪支的玩耍和攻击性行为。同时还分析了攻击行为和枪支玩耍的相关因素。研究对象是24对学龄前儿童，他们在结构化的游戏环境中被录像10分钟，在这个环境中他们可以接触到各种玩具以及真枪和玩具枪。然后，每组中的一个孩子接受基于信息的干预，并被告知不要玩枪。大约1周后，孩子们在相同的环境中再次被录像。结果表明，该干预在改变孩子们的行为方面无效。回归分析显示，接触父母的枪支与枪支玩耍相关，并且在家中玩枪和处理枪支与攻击行为相关。本研究的结果代表了减少儿童枪支玩耍的首次系统性尝试，并表明仅提供信息是一种不足的干预措施。
