Evaluation of an avatar-based training program to promote suicide prevention awareness in a college setting
Autor: | Benjamin Rein, T. Anne Hawkins, H. Mei Ng, Daniel W. McNeil, Catherine A. Yura, Allison R. Hayes |
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Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Suicide Prevention Program evaluation Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice 050103 clinical psychology Adolescent Universities Poison control Health Promotion Suicide prevention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Intervention (counseling) ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Students At-risk students Self-efficacy Medical education 05 social sciences Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Human factors and ergonomics West Virginia Mental health 030227 psychiatry Female Psychology Computer-Assisted Instruction Program Evaluation |
Zdroj: | Journal of American College Health. 66:401-411 |
ISSN: | 1940-3208 0744-8481 |
Popis: | Training programs exist that prepare college students, faculty, and staff to identify and support students potentially at risk for suicide. Kognito is an online program that trains users through simulated interactions with virtual humans. This study evaluated Kognito's effectiveness in preparing users to intervene with at-risk students.Training was completed by 2,727 university students, faculty, and staff from April, 2014 through September, 2015.Voluntary and mandatory participants at a land-grant university completed Kognito modules designed for higher education, along with pre- and post-assessments.All modules produced significant gains in reported Preparedness, Likelihood, and Self-Efficacy in intervening with troubled students. Despite initial disparities in reported abilities, after training participants reported being similarly capable of assisting at-risk students, including LGBTQ and veteran students.Kognito training appears to be effective, on a large scale, in educating users to act in a facilitative role for at-risk college students. |
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