@article{ref1,
title="Adolescent suicide prevention: Gender differences in students' perceptions of the acceptability and intrusiveness of school-based screening programs",
journal="Journal of school psychology",
year="2006",
author="Eckert, T.L. and Miller, D.N. and Riley-Tillman, T.C. and DuPaul, G.J.",
volume="44",
number="4",
pages="271-285",
abstract="Suicidal behavior is a significant problem among adolescents in the United States. Three types of school-based suicide prevention programs have been proposed to address this problem including curriculum programs, staff in-service training, and school-wide screening. The relative acceptability of these three programs among older adolescents was examined. The sample included 662 freshmen (496 females, 161 males) enrolled in a large private university. Respondents rated the degree to which they considered adolescent suicide to be a significant problem, and the acceptability, intrusiveness, and time demands of the three suicide prevention programs. A majority (85.9%) of the sample agreed that adolescent suicide was a significant problem. Significant gender differences were observed in relation to the acceptability ratings of the school-based suicide programs. Female participants rated the curriculum-based program and staff in-service training as more acceptable than male participants. In addition, female participants rated the curriculum-based program as significantly less intrusive and less time demanding than male participants. Implications of these findings for implementation of suicide prevention programs and for future research are discussed. © 2006 Society for the Study of School Psychology.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-4405",
doi="10.1016/j.jsp.2006.05.001",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsp.2006.05.001"
}