Ritchie, Susan
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Audience: Undergraduate. -- Dissertation: Thesis (B. A.). -- Algoma University, 1992. -- Submitted in partial fulfillment of course requirements for PSYC 4105. -- Contents: Thesis.
This study attempted to assess the effectiveness of suicide awareness education and to determine the most effective method of presenting the information. 61 students (mean age 18) were tested for their knowledge of suicidal warning signs and helpful responses with an open-ended questionnaire. Three groups were randomly assigned to the following treatments: 1) lecture format, 2) hadout format, and 3) control- no education. Four weeks after the education, a post-test was administered using the same pre-test questionnaire. It was hypothesized that the lecture group would score significantly higher than the group receiving handouts, and both the lecture group and the handout group would score significantly higher than the control group. Upon analysis, no significant results were demonstrated among the groups. Implications of this study include the need for an extended suicide awareness curriculum and a more stringent measure of suicide knowledge.
