Effects of School Shootings

Surviving a school shooting: Impacts on the mental health ...

Research indicates a higher rate of antidepressant use among those exposed to a school shooting in the years following the gun violence. School shootings lead ...

Effects of School Shootings - Center for Violence Prevention

Even short-term impairments can cause severe distress and have profound effects on academic achievement and the social and emotional growth of impacted students ...

How school shootings hurt student achievement and enrollment

These studies offer insights into how student academic performance and enrollment can fall following a mass shooting on campus. Toward the ...

School Shootings and Long-Term Consequences | Pinkerton

Students exposed to at-school gun violence suffer lasting effects from these events. Recent studies show effects on testing, health, ...

How school shootings impact survivors in the long term | PBS News

As the U.S. reels from another school shooting, much of the public discussion has centered on the lives lost: 19 children and two adults.

The Mental Health Effects of School Shootings

A new study finds that the use of prescription drugs to treat mental health conditions, including depression and anxiety, increased by over ...

The effects of school shootings on risky behavior, health, and human ...

We use the school shooting incidents data from the K12SSD to identify school shootings that occurred in middle and high schools. We link these ...

Impact of School Shootings on Adolescent School Safety, 2009–2019

In 2020, firearm-related deaths were the leading cause of mortality for children and adolescents, with more than 3500 youths dying by gun violence., School ...

Stress of mass shootings causing cascade of collective traumas

The regularity of mass shootings is razing Americans' mental health—heightening stress and dulling compassion in ways that demand broader ...

Survivors and mental health experts share what they know about the ...

Rebekah Schuler was walking to her classroom, sharing headphones with a friend as they listened to “”, when gunshots and screams sent them ...

Survivor Stories - Sandy Hook Promise

Real survivors share how their teenage years were impacted by the trauma of surviving a school shooting. Watch their stories.

Lasting Effects of Exposure to School Shootings | Econofact

Students exposed to a school shooting suffer trauma that could generate life-long consequences. New research finds negative educational and ...

Mass Shootings In The United States: Population Health Impacts ...

KEY POINTS. Mass shootings are tragedies resulting in multiple victims of firearm-related violence in a single incident, and typically in a ...

NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES EFFECTS OF SCHOOL ...

We find that students exposed to school shootings experience declines in health and well-being, engage in more risky behaviors, and have worse education and ...

The Impact of Gun Violence on Children, Families, & Communities

The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) believes it is time to broaden the focus of the gun debate to include the social, emotional, physical, and mental ...

The Mental Health Impact of Mass Shootings - Brady Campaign

For survivors the mental & physical tolls don't stop when the shooting does, they keep fighting to overcome a variety of mental and physical health impacts.

Experts reveal mental health impacts of mass shootings on young ...

Children can respond in a wide range of ways including being numb to the event, being more angry or irritable, suffering from high anxiety and being fearful of ...

Trauma at School: The Impacts of Shootings on Students' Human ...

We examine how shootings at schools—an increasingly common form of gun violence in the. United States—impact the educational and economic trajectories of ...

School Shootings Are Raising Anxiety and Panic in U.S. Children

Children of all ages are at risk for developing mental-health issues after mass shootings, but younger kids may be especially at risk.

K-12 School Shootings: Implications for Policy, Prevention, and ...

This article argues that when a school shooting occurs, the harm goes beyond those who are injured or killed, because the presumption of security is shattered, ...