Bystander intervention to prevent firearm injury: A qualitative study of 4‐H shooting sports participants

dc.contributor.authorTrinka, Teresa
dc.contributor.authorOesterle, Daniel W.
dc.contributor.authorSilverman, Amira C.
dc.contributor.authorVriniotis, Mary G.
dc.contributor.authorOrchowski, Lindsay M.
dc.contributor.authorBeidas, Rinad S.
dc.contributor.authorBetz, Marian E.
dc.contributor.authorHudson, Craven
dc.contributor.authorKesner, Todd
dc.contributor.authorRanney, Megan L.
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-31T21:17:04Z
dc.date.available2023-07-31T21:17:04Z
dc.date.issued2023-05
dc.descriptioncopyright Wiley 2023en_US
dc.description.abstractThis qualitative study examines how youth and adult members of 4-H Shooting Sports clubs perceive firearm injury risk and risk reduction, and the applicability of a bystander intervention (BI) risk reduction framework in this community. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 11 youth and 13 adult members of 4-H Shooting Sports clubs across nine US states from March to December of 2021 until thematic saturation was reached. Deductive and inductive thematic qualitative analyses were performed. Six overarching themes emerged: (1) The tendency to view firearm injury as predominantly unintentional in nature; (2) Acknowledgment of a wide array of risks for firearm injury; (3) Perceived barriers to bystander action to prevent firearm injury including knowledge, confidence, and consequences of action; (4) Facilitators of bystander action including a sense of civic responsibility; (5) Direct and indirect strategies to address potential risks for firearm injury; and (6) Belief that BI skills training would be useful for 4-H Shooting Sports. Findings lay the groundwork for applying BI skills training as an approach to firearm injury prevention in 4-H Shooting Sports, similar to how BI has been applied to other types of injury (i.e., sexual assault). 4-H Shooting Sports club members' sense of civic responsibility is a key facilitator. Prevention efforts should attend to the broad array of ways in which firearm injury occurs, including suicide, mass shootings, homicide, and intimate partner violence, as well as unintentional injury.en_US
dc.identifier.citationTrinka, T., Oesterle, D. W., Silverman, A. C., Vriniotis, M. G., Orchowski, L. M., Beidas, R. S., Betz, M. E., Hudson, C., Kesner, T., & Ranney, M. L. (2023). Bystander intervention to prevent firearm injury: A qualitative study of 4‐H shooting sports participants. Journal of Community Psychology, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.23069en_US
dc.identifier.issn1520-6629
dc.identifier.urihttps://scholarworks.montana.edu/handle/1/18017
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.rightscopyright wiley 2023en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://www.wiley.com/en-us/permissionsen_US
dc.subjectadolescenten_US
dc.subjectbystander interventionen_US
dc.subjectfirearm injuryen_US
dc.subjectfirearmsen_US
dc.subjectgun safetyen_US
dc.subjectshooting sportsen_US
dc.subjectviolence preventionen_US
dc.titleBystander intervention to prevent firearm injury: A qualitative study of 4‐H shooting sports participantsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
mus.citation.extentfirstpage1en_US
mus.citation.extentlastpage11en_US
mus.citation.issue1en_US
mus.citation.journaltitleJournal of Community Psychologyen_US
mus.citation.volume18en_US
mus.identifier.doi10.1002/jcop.23069en_US
mus.relation.collegeOther Departments & Programsen_US
mus.relation.universityMontana State University - Bozemanen_US

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