Active Shooter Drills in the United States: A National Study of Youth Experiences and Perceptions
Active Shooter Drills in the United States: A National Study of Youth Experiences and Perceptions
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.06.015
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发表时间：
2020-10-01
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
Chang, Tammy
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作者：
Moore-Petinak, N'dea;Waselewski, Marika;Chang, Tammy
目的：本研究的目的是了解青少年对主动射击演习的经历和意见。方法：MyVoice 是针对 14-24 岁青少年的全国短信民意调查，收集青少年对突出政策问题的意见。招募参与者是为了达到国家基准。 2019 年 8 月 2 日向参与者提出了五项开放式调查。使用主题分析对定性数据进行了分析；使用描述性统计总结定量数据。 结果：受访者中（1283 人中的 815 人；63.5%），平均年龄为 18.7 岁（SD 1/4 2.9）。大多数是女孩（52.9%）、非白人（42.8%）和高中以下文凭（56.9%）。回应围绕三个主题：演习方法各不相同，主动射击演习会导致情绪困扰，青少年认为演习的好处值得怀疑。大多数人（60.2%）提到演习让他们感到“害怕和绝望”，但许多人（56.1%）也指出演习“教孩子们该做什么”。其他人 (24%) 表示，演习并不能提高安全性，因为它们会通知潜在的枪击者，或者是无效的，因为“人们可能会惊慌，忘记演习。”结论：许多年轻人报告说，活跃的射手演习对他们的情绪健康有负面影响，而且其有效性也存在矛盾。 (C) 2020 年青少年健康与医学协会。版权所有。
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to understand youth experience and opinion surrounding active shooter drills.Methods: MyVoice is a national text message poll of the youth ages 14-24 years that collects youth opinion on salient policy issues. Participants are recruited to meet national benchmarks. Five open-ended probes were posed to participants on August 2, 2019. Qualitative data were analyzed using thematic analysis; quantitative data were summarized using descriptive statistics.Results: Among respondents (815 of 1283; 63.5%), the average age was 18.7 years (SD 1/4 2.9). Most were girls (52.9%), non-white (42.8%), and with < high school diploma (56.9%). Responses centered around three themes: drill methods vary, active shooter drills cause emotional distress, and youth perceive drills to have questionable benefit. The majority (60.2%) mentioned that drills make them feel "scared and hopeless," but many (56.1%) also noted drills "teach kids on what to do." Others (24%) stated drills do not improve safety because they inform potential shooters or are ineffective because "people will likely panic, forgetting their drill."Conclusions: Many youth report that active shooter drills have a negative effect on their emotional health and are conflicted on their effectiveness. (C) 2020 Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. All rights reserved.