Do Guns in the Home Predict Gender and Relationship Attitudes? An Exploratory Study. Issue 10 (25th November 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Follingstad, Diane R.; Coker, Ann L.; Chahal, Jaspreet K.; Brancato, Candace J.; Bush, Heather M.
• Is Part Of: Journal of aggression, maltreatment & trauma. Volume 25:Issue 10(2016)
• Page Start: 1097
• Page End: 1116
• Publication Date: 2016-11-25
• Subjects: attitudes -- attitudes toward women -- gun ownership -- high school students -- tolerance of violence; Violence -- Periodicals; Offenses against the person -- Periodicals; Aggression -- Periodicals; Crime Victims -- Periodicals; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic -- Periodicals; Violence -- Periodicals; 616.8582
• DOI: 10.1080/10926771.2016.1225144
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1092-6771

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This study explores the potential relationship of guns in students' homes with attitudes indicative of tolerance of violence, negative attitudes toward women and their roles, and attitudes suggestive of myths regarding sexual assault. Seniors in Kentucky high schools whose families possessed guns (n = 1, 749) produced higher scores on scales measuring these variables as well as on scales of relationship dependency and religious involvement than seniors whose families did not own guns (n = 912). Students whose families owned more than 10 guns tended to score highest on these measures compared with students whose families owned no guns or a few guns. Because of lower effect sizes, these significant associations require further investigation.