10/15/2024 Krista Mehari: Understanding Social-Ecological Risk for Firearm Violence Involvement through Participatory Research
Clinical Brown Bag
Krista Mehari, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology and Human Development
Date: Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Time: 12:00PM-1:00PM
Location: 316 Wilson Hall
Understanding Social-Ecological Risk for Firearm Violence Involvement through Participatory Research
Firearms are the leading mechanism of death for youth and young adults in the U.S., but there is very little research that examines social-ecological factors that predict involvement in firearm-related violence. This talk describes Project GRIP, a participatory action research project that used mixed methods to generate and test possible risk factors for firearm-related violence. A grounded theory approach was used to develop a culturally grounded social-ecological model through intensive qualitative research. Hypotheses derived from the model were tested in quantitative surveys that sampled over 1100 adolescents and 1700 adults. In general, support was found for risk across levels of the social ecology.
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