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No-suicide agreements: high school students' perspectives.

Sonya S Myers1, Lillian M Range

  • 1University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA. L.Range@usm.edu

Death Studies
|November 21, 2002
PubMed
Summary

High school students view no-suicide agreements positively when treating suicidal adolescents, similar to college students. However, their overall endorsement of these agreements was lukewarm.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Adolescent Mental Health
  • Clinical Psychology

Background:

  • No-suicide agreements are utilized in therapy for suicidal patients.
  • Previous research explored therapist and college student attitudes toward these agreements.
  • High school students may encounter or utilize no-suicide agreements in their own treatment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate high school students' perspectives on no-suicide agreements.
  • To compare student attitudes toward therapy alone versus therapy with a no-suicide agreement for suicidal adolescents.

Main Methods:

  • 96 high school students (Caucasian and African American) participated.
  • Participants were randomly assigned to read a vignette of a suicidal adolescent (Jamie).
  • Vignettes depicted Jamie receiving either therapy alone or therapy with a no-suicide agreement.

Main Results:

  • Students generally held more positive attitudes toward using no-suicide agreements compared to therapy alone.
  • High school students' views on no-suicide agreements mirrored those of college students.
  • Student endorsement of no-suicide agreements was described as lukewarm.

Conclusions:

  • High school students are receptive to the concept of no-suicide agreements in adolescent suicide treatment.
  • Findings suggest a potential alignment between adolescent and college student perspectives on this intervention.
  • Further research may be needed to understand the nuances of adolescent acceptance and the 'lukewarm' endorsement observed.

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