Using the Theory of Planned Behavior to Predict College Students’ Intention to Intervene With a Suicidal Individual

Aldrich, Rosalie S.

doi:10.1027/0227-5910/a000330

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“…The number of suicide risk assessment training hours received (regardless of whether core competencies were addressed) was correlated with the number of suicide risk assessments conducted as well as perceived behavioral control. This finding is consistent with previous studies of mental health professionals and reported self-efficacy in being able to conduct suicide prevention behaviors (Aldrich, 2015;Aseltine et al, 2007;Bean & Baber, 2011). However, perceived behavioral control was also found to be related to the participants' year in the doctoral program.…”

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Are they ready yet?: A theory‐driven evaluation of suicide risk assessment trainings in psychology graduate programs

Monahan

Karver

2021

J Clin Psychol

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Objectives: The present study sought to understand the state of suicide risk assessment trainings in clinical psychology graduate programs.Methods: We surveyed 167 clinical psychology doctoral students' behavioral competency in responding to suicidal clients and their attitudes, perceived behavioral control, subjective norms, and intentions related to suicide risk assessment. Hypotheses were tested using path analysis. Results: Ninety six percent of participants reported receiving some type of suicide risk assessment training at their program. Results provided partial support for significant relationships between attitudes, perceived behavioral control, subjective norms, and intentions. Unexpectedly, amount of training in suicide risk assessments was not related to theory of planned behavior variables including behavioral competency. Conclusion: These findings have implications regarding the effectiveness of current suicide risk assessment training practices and ways to improve trainings to help increase the number of clinical psychologists competent in suicide risk assessment and management.

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Are they ready yet?: A theory‐driven evaluation of suicide risk assessment trainings in psychology graduate programs

Monahan

Karver

2021

J Clin Psychol

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“…The Willingness to Intervene against Suicide questionnaire (WIS; Aldrich et al, 2014) was developed based on the TBP (Ajzen, 1985) and is composed of four subscales measuring attitudes, subjective norms, PBC and intention to intervene. Previous research shows the subscales within the WIS range in reliability from .72 to .90 (Aldrich, 2015; Aldrich et al, 2014). Both the pretest and posttest used the WIS subscales to measure attitudes about suicide intervention (14 items, pretest, α = .83; posttest, α = .75), subjective norms regarding support from important others (9 items, pretest, α = .77; posttest, α = .75), PBC regarding intervention (17 items, pretest, α = .87; posttest, α = .91), intention to intervene with a suicidal individual (20 items, pretest, α = .89; posttest, α = .88) and experience with mental health issues, family history of mental health issues, experience with suicide, experience with intervention and demographic information.…”

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“…This was higher than both adults aged 26–49 (1.3%) and adults aged 50 or older (0.5%) (SAMSHA, 2017). Aldrich (2015) collected data from 367 undergraduate college students and found that 1.4% reported they had personally attempted suicide. This is consistent with findings from other research (ACHC, 2016; SAMSHA, 2017).…”

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The effectiveness of QPR suicide prevention training

Aldrich

Wilde

Miller

2018

Health Education Journal

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Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) gatekeeper suicide prevention training on individuals’ ability to recognise the warning signs of suicide, intention to question someone they think is suicidal, persuade the suicidal person to stay alive, and know how and where to get help for the person. We also examined whether QPR training increased an individual’s intention to intervene with a suicidal individual. Design: A pretest–posttest online survey, based on the theory of planned behaviour, was employed before and after the face-to-face QPR training. Setting: The study was conducted on a small regional college campus in the Midwest USA. Method: Faculty, staff, and students at a regional campus completed two online questionnaires (pretest, n = 108, and posttest, n = 79) answering questions about attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioural control regarding suicide intervention, as well as their intention to intervene with someone who was suicidal. They also completed a 1-hour QPR gatekeeper training event. Results: QPR training significantly improved attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioural control regarding suicide intervention, and intention to intervene. It was also effective at increasing intention to question, persuade and refer (the three core goals of QPR). Conclusions: QPR training has been shown to be effective in the short-term at increasing intention to intervene within a US college community.

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“…were measured through a designed and validated questionnaire by Rezapur-Shahkolai et al [ 3 ], Aldrich [ 27 ], George [ 28 ], and Matheson [ 29 ]. The questionnaire included 25 three-choice questions evaluating knowledge.…”

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Factors associated with suicidal ideation in drug addicts based on the theory of planned behavior

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Background Several studies have attempted to understand the link among drug addicts and suicidal ideation. The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors associated with suicidal ideation in drug addicts based on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). Method This cross-sectional study was conducted with 2160 of drug addicts in private and public clinics for quitting addiction through methadone treatment in Shiraz city, Fars province, Iran from October 2018 to June 2019. Data gathering tools were a questionnaire on demographic characteristics, the Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation and a questionnaire based on constructs of TPB. Data were analysed by SPSS 22 using descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, and frequency) and statistical tests (independent t-test, Pearson correlation coefficient, and linear regression). The significance level was considered 0.05. Results The mean age of the participants was 39.24 ± 11.92; 80.28% of them had a history of quit and 43.19% of them had a history of arrest and imprisonment. According to the results, 19.63% of the participants had suicidal ideation and 10.97% had a history of suicide attempt during their lifetime. The constructs of attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, and intent predicted suicidal ideation in the subjects. Intent and perceived behavioral control constructs were the strongest predictors of suicidal ideation, respectively. In general, the studied variables predicted 54.8% of suicidal ideation. Conclusion The structures of attitude, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control and intent predicted suicidal ideation in the drug addicts, so the theory of planned behavior will be a good framework for educational interventions to reduce suicide in them.

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Using the Theory of Planned Behavior to Predict College Students’ Intention to Intervene With a Suicidal Individual

Abstract: Theory of planned behavior is an effective framework for understanding peers' intention to intervene with a suicidal individual.

Cited by 38 publications

References 34 publications

Are they ready yet?: A theory‐driven evaluation of suicide risk assessment trainings in psychology graduate programs

Are they ready yet?: A theory‐driven evaluation of suicide risk assessment trainings in psychology graduate programs

The effectiveness of QPR suicide prevention training

Factors associated with suicidal ideation in drug addicts based on the theory of planned behavior

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