Kognito's Avatar‐Based Suicide Prevention Training for College Students: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial and a Naturalistic Evaluation
| Autor: | Daniel Coleman, Natasha Black, Jeffrey Ng, Emily Blumenthal |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Suicide Prevention 050103 clinical psychology education Preventive Psychiatry Poison control Suicide prevention Peer Group Education law.invention Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Help-Seeking Behavior 0302 clinical medicine Randomized controlled trial law Injury prevention Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Peer Influence Students Referral and Consultation Gatekeeping Medical education 05 social sciences Virtual Reality Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Reproducibility of Results Human factors and ergonomics Peer group 030227 psychiatry Test (assessment) Suicide Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Female Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. 49:1735-1745 |
| ISSN: | 1943-278X 0363-0234 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/sltb.12550 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy and effectiveness of Kognito At Risk for College Students, an online, interactive suicide prevention gatekeeper training. METHODS In Study 1, a randomized controlled trial was conducted to test the efficacy of Kognito. Retention of participants at follow-up was strong. In Study 2, administrative records were used to follow the help-seeking behavior of Kognito trainees for one academic year, contrasted with untrained students. RESULTS In Study 1, between-group changes in gatekeeper attitudes were large at time-two, but attenuated modestly by 2-month follow-up. Kognito trainees referred more peers at 2-month follow-up (Cohen's d = .56, p < .05) - training 4 students in Kognito produces 1 more peer referred. In Study 2, the help-seeking rate of Kognito trainees (14.4%) was two-times the rate (6.8%) of untrained students (p < .001). Training 14 students in Kognito leads to 1 more self-referral to the Counseling Center. CONCLUSIONS This first randomized controlled trial of the college student version of Kognito validates the findings of less rigorous studies. Few brief suicide prevention trainings have shown changes in trainee behaviors such as referrals of at-risk peers and trainees actual help-seeking behavior. These results are promising that Kognito may outperform other similar suicide prevention trainings. |
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