TY - JOUR
T1 - Educating parents about youth suicide
T2 - Knowledge, response to suicidal statements, attitudes, and intention to help
AU - Maine, S.
AU - Shute, R.
AU - Martin, G.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0034770612&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1521/suli.31.3.320.24248
DO - 10.1521/suli.31.3.320.24248
M3 - Article
C2 - 11577916
AN - SCOPUS:0034770612
VL - 31
SP - 320
EP - 332
JO - Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
JF - Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
SN - 0363-0234
IS - 3
ER -