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Educating Parents about Youth Suicide: Knowledge, Response to Suicidal Statements, Attitudes, and Intention to Help
- Source :
- Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. Fall, 2001, Vol. 31 Issue 3, 320
- Publication Year :
- 2001
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Abstract
- This study evaluated the video Youth Suicide: Recognising the Signs as a parent educational medium. Before and after viewing the video, parents (N = 112) of young people answered questionnaires measuring their (1) knowledge of suicidal signs, (2) responses to a young person showing suicidal signs, (3) attitude to suicide, and (4) intentionality toward suicidal people. After the video, parents' knowledge of suicidal signs, responses toward a suicidal person, and intention to help improved. Their attitude was more rejecting of suicide. Knowledge and intentionality predicted response to suicidal statements, but no relationships existed between attitude and the other variables. Implications for youth suicide education programs are discussed.
Details
- ISSN :
- 03630234
- Volume :
- 31
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.79276455