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This study evaluates the effectiveness of the South Elgin High School (SEHS) Suicide Prevention Program on changing attitudes about suicide. Researchers selected 421 students from health classes at 2 schools in Illinois, assigned them to the treatment group or the control group, and gave both groups an 8 question survey that measured attitudes about suicide. Over the next 3 days, the treatment group participated in the SEHS Suicide Prevention Program, which consisted of a 50-minute presentation from a social worker, viewing and discussion of two videos, a quiz on the second video, and an in-depth review and discussion of the quiz. Twenty-one days after the program activities ended, both groups were given the survey again. The treatment group showed a significant improvement toward the desired outcome in 7 of the 8 …show more content…
Researchers randomly assigned 172 participants from 2 high schools in the same school district to the control group or the experimental group and administered to both groups a pre-test questionnaire that assessed demographic variables, knowledge about suicide-related issues, personal experience with a suicidal peer or relative, attitudes toward a suicidal person, levels of hopelessness, and coping strategies. The experimental group then participated in a 2 hour psychoeducational suicide prevention program, which focused on improving knowledge, attitudes, and coping skills as well as decreasing hopelessness. Two months after the researchers administered the pretest and program, the participants completed a post-test
This study evaluates the effectiveness of the South Elgin High School (SEHS) Suicide Prevention Program on changing attitudes about suicide. Researchers selected 421 students from health classes at 2 schools in Illinois, assigned them to the treatment group or the control group, and gave both groups an 8 question survey that measured attitudes about suicide. Over the next 3 days, the treatment group participated in the SEHS Suicide Prevention Program, which consisted of a 50-minute presentation from a social worker, viewing and discussion of two videos, a quiz on the second video, and an in-depth review and discussion of the quiz. Twenty-one days after the program activities ended, both groups were given the survey again. The treatment group showed a significant improvement toward the desired outcome in 7 of the 8 …show more content…
Researchers randomly assigned 172 participants from 2 high schools in the same school district to the control group or the experimental group and administered to both groups a pre-test questionnaire that assessed demographic variables, knowledge about suicide-related issues, personal experience with a suicidal peer or relative, attitudes toward a suicidal person, levels of hopelessness, and coping strategies. The experimental group then participated in a 2 hour psychoeducational suicide prevention program, which focused on improving knowledge, attitudes, and coping skills as well as decreasing hopelessness. Two months after the researchers administered the pretest and program, the participants completed a post-test