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Journal article
Do Positive Gatekeeper Training Outcomes Predict Gatekeeper Intervention Behaviours?
Archives of Suicide Research, Vol.29(4), pp.1043-1056
2025
PMID: 39987574
Appears in Thompson Institute Research Collection
Abstract
Objective
Evidence for Gatekeeper Training (GKT) has shown that training outcomes are generally maintained at follow-up. Research on how improvements in GKT outcomes translate to intervention behavior is inconclusive, and some studies show that despite significant positive effects on GKT outcomes, there is no effect on GK behaviors.
Method
A non-experimental pre-post and follow-up survey design was used with a sample of 60 participants who voluntarily completed one of 12 half-day (4-hour) GKT sessions. Path Analysis was applied to pre- and post-intervention training outcomes, and a third model assessed the behavioral effect of the change in participant scores from pre- to post.
Results
Suicide prevention knowledge retained by participants at 6-months after GKT was predictive of increased GK behavior in the 6-months following GKT. Knowledge at follow-up was the only significant predictor of behavior (p < .05), no other regression pathways were significant.
Conclusions
Gatekeeper preparedness, efficacy, and reluctance outcomes were not predictive of GK behavior. The findings of this study represent a lack of understanding regarding how the specific aims of GKT are translated into intervention behavior to identify, intervene, support, and refer potentially at-risk individuals.
Details
- Title
- Do Positive Gatekeeper Training Outcomes Predict Gatekeeper Intervention Behaviours?
- Authors
- Glenn Holmes (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health - PsychologyAmanda Clacy - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Thompson InstituteAnita Hamilton - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health - Occupational TherapyKairi Kolves - Griffith University
- Publication details
- Archives of Suicide Research, Vol.29(4), pp.1043-1056
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Date published
- 2025
- DOI
- 10.1080/13811118.2025.2469882
- ISSN
- 1543-6136; 1381-1118
- PMID
- 39987574
- Copyright note
- © 2025 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
- Data Availability
- Data can be provided upon request.
- Grant note
- This work was supported by the Australian Federal Government.
- Organisation Unit
- Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science; School of Health - Occupational Therapy; Thompson Institute; School of Health - Psychology; School of Health - Sports & Exercise Science
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991127098902621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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