Citation

Mason K, Yoon JY, Taylor E, Korver D, Hu Y. Religions (Basel) 2021; 12(7).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, MDPI: Multidisciplinary Digital Publications Institute)

DOI

10.3390/rel12070541

PMID

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Abstract

Faith leaders (FL) have a key role in suicide prevention. One of their roles is to address suicide stigma in faith communities. Are they ready to do so? The Clergy Suicide Prevention Skills Developmental Rubric (CSPCDR) was developed to understand and assess clergy suicide prevention skills. The psychometric properties of the CSPCDR are reported in order to assess FL' readiness to address suicide stigma. Sample 1, 186 Protestant seminary students completed the CSPCDR twice, resulting in Pearson's r = 0.77. Sample 2, 187 Protestant clergy and lay ministers completed the CSPCDR before and after one of eight trainings to test construct validity; the CSPCDR performed as expected.

RESULTS suggest how to expand FL' readiness to address suicide stigma in faith communities. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

Language: en

Keywords

Suicide; Stigma; Psychometric properties; Developmental rubric; Faith leaders