Interest in purchasing firearms in the United States at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Interest in purchasing firearms in the United States at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19 大流行爆发之初，人们对在美国购买枪支感兴趣。
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2022
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J. Shepperd
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Liz Kerner;J. Losee;Gerald D. Higginbotham;J. Shepperd
随着冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行在美国的到来，对枪支的需求增加。尽管枪支无法阻止病毒传播，但研究表明，对一些人来说，枪支在满足安全需求方面发挥了作用。我们在2020年4月6日至5月15日期间调查了美国居民（N = 1，354;主要是白色），使用ResearchMatch来检查谁在购买枪支，并检查各种流行病问题（例如，感染、犯罪和政府对枪支的威胁）与购买枪支的兴趣有关。我们还研究了将枪支视为安全来源是否是预测枪支购买兴趣的一个高级因素，该因素解释了与其他预测因素观察到的方差。枪支拥有者和政治保守派比非拥有者和政治自由派更有可能表达购买枪支的兴趣。对政府将利用COVID-19拿走枪支的担忧是预测枪支购买兴趣的最大担忧，其次是对中国人的态度。然而，将枪支视为安全的来源占了购买兴趣的大部分。它吸收了政治意识形态、枪支所有权和对中国人的态度导致的枪支购买兴趣的所有差异，以及部分归因于对政府枪支威胁的担忧的差异。其他流行病问题（例如，对感染或犯罪的关注）在枪支购买兴趣方面没有吸收独特的差异。最后，对实际枪支购买报告的审查与我们对枪支购买兴趣的调查结果密切一致。（PsycInfo Database Record（c）2022阿帕，版权所有）影响声明在社会动荡时期，如COVID-19大流行，各种威胁可能会促使人们对购买枪支产生兴趣。然而，枪支拥有者和保守派似乎比其他群体更倾向于购买枪支。此外，人们认为枪支是安全的来源而不是对安全的威胁，以及在较小程度上对政府威胁枪支的担忧，似乎是枪支购买增加的基础。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2022阿帕，保留所有权利）
An increased demand for guns followed the arrival of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the U.S. Although firearms cannot prevent virus transmission, research suggests that, for some, firearms play a role in satisfying safety needs. We surveyed U.S. residents (N = 1,354;predominantly White) between April 6 and May 15, 2020, using ResearchMatch to examine who was purchasing firearms and to examine whether various pandemic concerns (e.g., infection, crime, and government threat to guns) were linked to interest in purchasing firearms. We also examined whether perceiving guns as a source of safety was a superordinate factor in predicting gun purchase interest that accounted for the variance observed with other predictors. Gun owners and political conservatives were more likely than non-owners and political liberals to express interest in purchasing firearms. Concern that the government would use COVID-19 to take guns was the strongest concern predicting firearm purchase interest followed by attitude toward Chinese people. However, perceiving guns as a source of safety accounted for most of the purchase interest. It absorbed all variance in firearm purchase interest attributable to political ideology, gun ownership, and attitude toward Chinese people, and part of the variance attributable to concerns with government threat to guns. Other pandemic concerns (e.g., concerns with infection or crime) absorbed no unique variance in firearm purchase interest. Finally, examination of reports of actual firearm purchases conformed closely with our findings for firearm purchase interest. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) Impact Statement During times of social upheaval such as the COVID-19 pandemic, various of threats may prompt interest in purchasing a firearm. However, gun owners and conservatives appear more inclined than other groups to purchase firearms. In addition, the perception that guns are a source of safety rather than a threat to safety-and to a lesser extent, concerns with government threat to guns-appear to underlie the increase in firearm purchases. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)