Preservice Teacher Awareness of Risk Factors for Student Suicide
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-csu13076652172021-08-03T05:35:19Z Preservice Teacher Awareness of Risk Factors for Student Suicide Heitkamp, Stacey Education Educational Psychology Mental Health Middle School Education Psychology Secondary Education Teacher Education adolescent suicide risk factors preservice teachers teachers Suicide is the third leading cause of death among adolescents in the United States. Given this, it is imperative that those who have regular contact with members of the youth population be able to recognize and identify those youth who are at risk for suicide. Part of the process of identifying suicidal adolescents requires having knowledge about adolescent suicide and about those factors that place certain adolescents at greater risk for completing suicide than others. One group of professionals who are in an optimal position to detect at-risk youth is schoolteachers. Fifty-four undergraduate students who were studying to obtain teaching licensure at a large public university completed the Adolescent Suicide Behavior Questionnaire (ASBQ), an instrument that measures knowledge about adolescent suicide across five content areas (Scouller & Smith, 2002; Smith & Scoullar, 2001).Undergraduate students also completed items from the eight clinical scales of the Suicide Opinion Questionnaire (SOQ), a measure that assesses attitudes toward suicide (Domino, 2005; Domino et al., 1982, 1988-89). On average, preservice teachers scored approximately 61% of ASBQ items correctly. Preservice teachers were the most informed about the warning signs of adolescent suicide and were the least informed about demographic and statistical information related to adolescent suicide. Preservice teachers in Middle Childhood and Secondary Education answered significantly more items correctly on the ASBQ than preservice teachers in Early Childhood Education. Preservice teachers with classroom teaching experience answered significantly more ASBQ items correctly than preservice teachers without this experience. Only 59.3% of all preservice teachers recognized that secondary school teachers are in a good position to detect the risk factors for suicide in their students. Responses to the SOQ indicated that preservice teachers were either conflicted or unsure about their attitudes toward suicide along several different attitudinal dimensions. However, preservice teachers tended to disagree with the attitudes that people have the right to take their own lives and that suicide is an aggressive act. Findings from this study point to the need for better or more education for preservice teachers in the area of adolescent suicide as they prepare for their future roles as teachers of youth. 2011-07-11 English text Cleveland State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1307665217 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1307665217 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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