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The Teacher Expectations and Values for Suicide Prevention Scale.
Jaimie Stickl Haugen1, Claudia C Sutter1, Jessica L Tinstman Jones1
1College of Community Innovation and Education, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA.
Crisis
|August 13, 2020
Summary
A new scale effectively measures teachers' expectations and values for youth suicide prevention. This validated instrument can assess teacher preparedness and inform prevention training programs.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Education
- Public Health
Background:
- Teachers are crucial for youth suicide prevention.
- Existing measurement tools for teachers' suicide prevention expectations and values are limited.
- The Teacher Expectations and Values for Suicide Prevention (TEVSP) Scale was developed to address this gap.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the factor structure and psychometric properties of the TEVSP Scale.
- To assess the reliability and validity of the TEVSP Scale.
- To determine if teachers' suicide prevention training influences their expectations and values.
Main Methods:
- The TEVSP Scale was administered to 500 U.S. teachers.
- Confirmatory factor analysis evaluated the scale's structure.
- Bivariate correlations assessed convergent and discriminant validity.
- Mann-Whitney U tests compared scores between trained and untrained teachers.
Main Results:
- A three-factor hierarchical model of the TEVSP Scale was supported.
- The scale demonstrated strong internal consistency and validity.
- Significant differences in TEVSP scores were observed between teachers with and without suicide prevention training.
Conclusions:
- The TEVSP Scale is a psychometrically sound instrument for measuring teachers' expectations and values in youth suicide prevention.
- The scale can be utilized to assess teacher preparedness and identify areas for training.
- Further validation across diverse samples and methodologies is recommended.
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