TY - JOUR
T1 - College student attitudes towards campus gun carrying in the United States
AU - Satterfield, Sierra J.
AU - Wallace, Lacey N.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded by Penn State Altoona through a Research Development Grant ( 276-31 AA 1001 ). The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, © 2020 Western Social Science Association.
PY - 2020/4/2
Y1 - 2020/4/2
N2 - While most college students opposed campus gun carrying in past U.S. studies, reasons for these views remained underexplored. This study examined the role of perceived safety. Data were collected with a web survey of 520 students across the U.S. Both open-ended and closed-ended items were included. On average, respondents disagreed that they would carry a gun on campus if policy permitted. This study found no empirical evidence of a significant association between perceived campus safety and intent to carry, or between perceived safety and perceptions of campus carry policies. Student responses to open-ended questions revealed themes in reasoning related to personal safety that were not otherwise apparent in the statistical data.
AB - While most college students opposed campus gun carrying in past U.S. studies, reasons for these views remained underexplored. This study examined the role of perceived safety. Data were collected with a web survey of 520 students across the U.S. Both open-ended and closed-ended items were included. On average, respondents disagreed that they would carry a gun on campus if policy permitted. This study found no empirical evidence of a significant association between perceived campus safety and intent to carry, or between perceived safety and perceptions of campus carry policies. Student responses to open-ended questions revealed themes in reasoning related to personal safety that were not otherwise apparent in the statistical data.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.soscij.2018.10.012
DO - 10.1016/j.soscij.2018.10.012
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85056640791
SN - 0362-3319
VL - 57
SP - 164
EP - 177
JO - Social Science Journal
JF - Social Science Journal
IS - 2
ER -