Youth Suicide Prevention: A Survey of Public School Superintendents' Acceptability of School-Based Programs

Autor/inn/en	Scherff, Andrew R.; Eckert, Tanya L.; Miller, David N.
Titel	Youth Suicide Prevention: A Survey of Public School Superintendents' Acceptability of School-Based Programs
Quelle	In: Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 35 (2005) 2, S.154-169 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0363-0234
DOI	10.1521/suli.35.2.154.62874
Schlagwörter	Superintendents; Screening Tests; School Psychologists; Public Schools; Suicide; Prevention; Youth; School Surveys; Administrator Attitudes; Program Effectiveness; Program Evaluation; Comprehensive School Health Education; Inservice Teacher Education; Educational Methods; Self Evaluation (Individuals) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulrat; Screening-Verfahren; School psychologist; Psychologists; School; Schools; Schulpsychologe; Schulpsychologin; Psychologe; Psychologin; Psychologen; Schule; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Selbstmord; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Lehrerfortbildung; Educational method; Erziehungsmethode
Abstract	From a random sample of members of the 2000-2001 membership directory of the American Association of School Administrators (AASA), public school administrators' acceptability ratings of three school-based programs for the prevention of adolescent suicide were examined. A total of 210 (46%) respondents examined a description of a suicide prevention program and completed a measure designed to evaluate the acceptability of suicide prevention programs. Three suicide prevention programs were evaluated for their acceptability, and included: (a) school-wide curriculum-based programs presented to students; (b) in-service presentations to school staff; and (c) self-report screening programs for students. The results indicated that superintendents rated the staff in-service training and curriculum-based programs as significantly more acceptable than the school-wide screening program. In addition, the school-wide screening program was rated as significantly more intrusive by school psychologists than the staff in-service training or curriculum-based prevention programs. Limitations of the study and future research directions are discussed. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10