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INTENTION TO ENACT GATEKEEPER BEHAVIORS
University of West Florida
Master of Arts (MA), University of West Florida
2014
Abstract
Suicide is a serious public health concern. Gatekeeper training has been utilized as a primary prevention technique for suicide. Although suicide prevention knowledge, self-efficacy, attitudes, and actual gatekeeper behaviors have all been suggested to be positively affected by the training (Isaac et al., 2009), these outcomes lack a theoretical framework to explain their effect and direction on overt, volitional behavior. The theory of planned behavior was posited to explain why Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) gatekeeper training, may increase actual behavioral enactment. Using a quasiexperimental design, two samples of trained gatekeeper participants and one sample of untrained comparison participants were assessed to gain a greater understanding how theoretical (i.e., attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control) and empirical (i.e., perceived situational barriers) variables may impact the intent to enact and actual enactment of gatekeeper behaviors. Results suggested greater enactment of gatekeeper behaviors in the trained gatekeeper participants than the untrained comparison participants and partial support for the theory of planned behavior. Although these results were encouraging, limitations such as the design of the study, which did not allow for a test of a temporal, causal relationship between theory of planned behavior variables and actual enactment of behavior, are noted.
Details
- Title
- INTENTION TO ENACT GATEKEEPER BEHAVIORS
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Publisher
- University of West Florida
- Format
- text
- Copyright
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
- Identifiers
- 99380090750806600
- Academic Unit
- Psychology
- Language
- English
- Awarding Institution
- University of West Florida; Master of Arts (MA)
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), University of West Florida