@article{ref1,
title="The impact of experiential exercises on communication and relational skills in a suicide prevention gatekeeper-training program for college resident advisors",
journal="Journal of American college health",
year="2012",
author="Pasco, Susan and Wallack, Cory and Sartin, Robert M. and Dayton, Rebecca",
volume="60",
number="2",
pages="134-140",
abstract="Abstract Objective: In an effort to identify students at risk for suicide, many colleges are implementing suicide prevention training for campus gatekeepers. This study evaluated the efficacy of a 3-hour, experiential-based gatekeeper training that included an emphasis on enhancing communication skills and relational connection in addition to the didactic foci of standard gatekeeper training. Participants: Sixty-five college student resident advisors (RAs) were trained with Campus Connect. Methods: The training was dismantled to examine the specific contribution of experiential exercises on training outcomes. Results: Compared to didactic training alone, following participation in experiential exercises RAs' training outcome scores exhibited additional improvement on the Suicide Intervention Response Inventory-2 and a 14-item self-report measure of self-efficacy for specific suicide- and crisis-related knowledge and skills. Conclusions: In gatekeeper training, experiential exercises emphasizing awareness and empathic responding and practice of these skills contribute to an improvement in crisis response skills above and beyond that of didactic training alone.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0744-8481",
doi="10.1080/07448481.2011.623489",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2011.623489"
}