by Admin2 | Jul 1, 2026
Background Firearm violence is now endemic to certain US neighborhoods. Understanding factors that impact a neighborhood’s susceptibility to firearm violence is crucial for prevention. Using a nationally standardized measure to characterize community-level firearm...
by admin | Feb 3, 2020
More than 30 years ago, Berkowitz and LePage (1967) published the first study demonstrating that the mere presence of a weapon increases aggressive behavior. These results have been replicated in several contexts by several research teams. The standard explanation of...
by admin | Feb 3, 2020
Recent research (Anderson, Benjamin, & Bartholow, 1998) indicates that the presence of guns increases the accessibility of aggressive thoughts via automatic priming. Our research examined whether this ‘‘weapons priming effect’’ differs depending on the structure...
