Family Process Correlates of Firearm Ownership and Firearm Storage Among Families with Young Children

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 17-24

  Martin Storey, Alexa ^a   Prickett, Kate C ^b   Crosnoe, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Disciplinary practices; Early childhood; Family safety behavior; Firearm storage; Parenting stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FIREARM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; SAFETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OWNERSHIP; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PARENTS; SAFETY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939898058     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-014-1490-3     Document Type: Article

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