The Impact of Gatekeeper Training for Suicide Prevention on University Resident Assistants |
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| Authors: | Deborah J Taub Heather L Servaty‐Seib Nathan Miles Ji‐Yeon Lee Carrie A Wachter Morris Susan L Prieto‐Welch Donald Werden |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Teacher Education and Higher Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro;2. Department of Educational Studies, Purdue University.;3. Consultation and Psychological Services, University of Kentucky, Lexington.;4. Department of Psychology and Counseling, University of Texas at Tyler.;5. Counseling and Psychological Services, Purdue University. |
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| Abstract: | Resident assistants (RAs) can serve as important suicide prevention gatekeepers. The purpose of the study was to determine if training improved RAs’ crisis communications skills and suicide‐related knowledge and to determine if the knowledge elements predicted crisis communications skills. New RAs showed significant improvement in all areas from pretest to posttest, whereas returning RAs showed no significant increase in any of the areas. None of the knowledge areas predicted communications skills for either group. |
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| Keywords: | suicide gatekeeper training resident assistants |
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