Prepper-Worthy Identity Work: A Cultural Repertoire for Constructing a Secure Self in an Insecure World

Sims, Amanda; Grigsby, Mary

doi:10.1080/02732173.2019.1608338

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“…Preparedness might be related to socialization and fear, but it involves actual behavioral steps as prerequisites in acquiring a gun. Being prepared is one way that people create a sense of safety in an unstable world (Sima and Grigsby 2019), which resonates with our finding here and connects to the notion of handgun‐owners, in particular, continuing with preparedness and mitigating risk by practicing, simulating scenarios, and mental rehearsals (Barnhart et al 2017).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 78%

“…Disaster prep anticipates natural or human‐made apocalypse, resulting in society's collapse (Aldoursari 2014; Kabel and Chmidling 2014). In turn, preppers work to secure places to shelter and survive the chaos and prepare for catastrophic events (Sima and Grigsby 2019). While similar preparedness might also lead to more extreme prepping behavior, it is a reasonable response to sociological and cultural structures that lead one to feel unsafe or afraid.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Who Might Buy a Gun? Results from the Guns in American Life Survey

Kelley

Ellison

2021

Sociological Inquiry

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We explore patterns and correlates of gun ownership in the United States, with a particular focus on differentiating those who will never own a gun (“nevers”) and those who are open to ownership in the future (“maybes”) from current‐owners. We use the Guns in American Life Survey (GALS), collected in September of 2018 (n = 3,103), to explore the role of several classes of factors in shaping experiences and attitudes, including socialization, fear and victimization, ideology (confidence in the police, punitiveness, justifiable violence, and gun “science” research), and preparedness. Descriptive findings suggest that maybe‐owners are similar to never‐owners in some ways in background factors (e.g., tending to be women, lower‐income, and not living in a rural area) and more like owners in other ways (e.g., conservative, Republican, and with children in the home). Regression results reveal some anticipated patterns and other unexpected ones. For example, past victimization differentiates the maybes from the nevers but not from the owners. Worry about mass and school shootings leads one away from gun ownership, while worry about terrorist attacks leads toward it. Curiously, greater confidence in the police is highest for the maybes. They are solidly in the middle on other ideological issues, including beliefs in justifiable violence and gun “science” research. We find different ideological issues come together as a continuum of gun ownership status. Finally, those most likely to buy a gun have owned one previously and cycle in and out of gun ownership. They have also used agency by taking other steps to protect themselves. Our findings identify a new subset of occasional owners and illuminate the process of moving toward gun acquisition.

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Who Might Buy a Gun? Results from the Guns in American Life Survey

Kelley

Ellison

2021

Sociological Inquiry

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“…Dr Dunya sees that a study by Sims and Grigsby (2019) also shows the link between SF and the social believes. Hence, one needs to work on the (believes) if we want to increase SF in time of crises.…”

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Global Self-Sufficiency Network-A Collaborative Approach for Addressing Post-COVID-19 Challenges

Buheji

Korže²,

Eidan

et al. 2020

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COVID-19 raised lots of issues relevant to the status, the readiness and the capacity of the self-sufficiency of the different communities and countries during conditions of lockdown and requirements for social distancing, during the first four months of the pandemic.An international multidiscipline scholars discussion on zoom, a multi-media conferencing app, is categorised according to the subjects of the self-sufficiency practices that are reflections of the specific attitudes and behaviours that shape the social demands during the COVID-19 pandemic. The scholars discuss the requirements of re-building the self-sufficiency social beliefs which the capital economy destroyed. Based on the methodology of discussion from the different background scholar, the challenges and then the outcome of self-sufficiency projects are defined.

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Psychometric Properties of Turkish Post-Apocalyptic and Doomsday Prepping Beliefs Scale in Turkey

Alban,

Arkan

2024

J Relig Health

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Prepper-Worthy Identity Work: A Cultural Repertoire for Constructing a Secure Self in an Insecure World

Cited by 8 publications

References 9 publications

Who Might Buy a Gun? Results from the Guns in American Life Survey

Who Might Buy a Gun? Results from the Guns in American Life Survey

Global Self-Sufficiency Network-A Collaborative Approach for Addressing Post-COVID-19 Challenges

Psychometric Properties of Turkish Post-Apocalyptic and Doomsday Prepping Beliefs Scale in Turkey

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