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Evaluation of a Suicide Prevention Program Encompassing Both Student and Teacher Training Components

Bockhoff, Katharina ; Ellermeier, Wolfgang ; Bruder, Simone (2022)
Evaluation of a Suicide Prevention Program Encompassing Both Student and Teacher Training Components.
In: Crisis, 2022
doi: 10.26083/tuprints-00021371
Artikel, Zweitveröffentlichung, Verlagsversion

Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)

Background: Although suicide prevention programs have been shown to change suicide-related knowledge and attitudes, relatively little is known about their effects on actual behavior. Aims: Therefore, the focus of the present study was on improving participating school staff’s practical and communication skills. Method: Suicide prevention workshops for students in grades 8–10 (N = 200) and a gatekeeper training program for school staff (N = 150) were conducted in 12 secondary schools in Germany. Schools were alternately assigned to one of three interventions (staff, students, or both trained) or to a waitlist control group. Results: School staff undergoing the training showed increased action-related knowledge, greater self-efficacy when counseling students in need and augmented counseling skills, and also had more conversations with students in need. Although students participating in the workshops did not seek help more frequently, they provided help to their peers more often in the conditions in which both students and school staff or only the latter had been trained. Limitations: The generalizability of the results is constrained by high dropout rates due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the relatively small sample size. Conclusion: A combination of suicide prevention programs for school staff and students appears to be most effective.

Typ des Eintrags: Artikel
Erschienen: 2022
Autor(en): Bockhoff, Katharina ; Ellermeier, Wolfgang ; Bruder, Simone
Art des Eintrags: Zweitveröffentlichung
Titel: Evaluation of a Suicide Prevention Program Encompassing Both Student and Teacher Training Components
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: 2022
Ort: Darmstadt
Publikationsdatum der Erstveröffentlichung: 2022
Verlag: Hogrefe Publishing
Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: Crisis
Kollation: 9 Seiten
DOI: 10.26083/tuprints-00021371
URL / URN: https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/21371
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Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):

Background: Although suicide prevention programs have been shown to change suicide-related knowledge and attitudes, relatively little is known about their effects on actual behavior. Aims: Therefore, the focus of the present study was on improving participating school staff’s practical and communication skills. Method: Suicide prevention workshops for students in grades 8–10 (N = 200) and a gatekeeper training program for school staff (N = 150) were conducted in 12 secondary schools in Germany. Schools were alternately assigned to one of three interventions (staff, students, or both trained) or to a waitlist control group. Results: School staff undergoing the training showed increased action-related knowledge, greater self-efficacy when counseling students in need and augmented counseling skills, and also had more conversations with students in need. Although students participating in the workshops did not seek help more frequently, they provided help to their peers more often in the conditions in which both students and school staff or only the latter had been trained. Limitations: The generalizability of the results is constrained by high dropout rates due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the relatively small sample size. Conclusion: A combination of suicide prevention programs for school staff and students appears to be most effective.

Freie Schlagworte: suicide prevention in schools, psycho-educational training, gatekeeper training, teachers, students
Status: Verlagsversion
URN: urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-213710
Sachgruppe der Dewey Dezimalklassifikatin (DDC): 100 Philosophie und Psychologie > 150 Psychologie
Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): 03 Fachbereich Humanwissenschaften
03 Fachbereich Humanwissenschaften > Institut für Psychologie
Hinterlegungsdatum: 16 Sep 2022 13:05
Letzte Änderung: 17 Sep 2022 20:03
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