TY - JOUR PY - 2019// TI - The role of youth trainee-trainer alliance and involvement in school-based prevention: a moderated-mediation model of student gatekeeper suicide prevention training JO - Administration and policy in mental health A1 - Totura, Christine M. Wienke A1 - Labouliere, Christa D. A1 - Gryglewicz, Kim A1 - Karver, Marc S. SP - 209 EP - 219 VL - 46 IS - 2 N2 - This study examined the roles that youth involvement and youth trainee-trainer alliance play in school mental health prevention within the context of youth suicide gatekeeper training. Measures included youth involvement in programming, trainee-trainer alliance, and intentions to refer at-risk youth at pre- and post-training. A moderated-mediation design was used to examine associations among these factors.

RESULTS show alliance mediating pre- and post-training referral intentions, and involvement moderating the relationship between alliance and post-training intentions. On average, trainee intentions improved from pre- to post-training, but trainees reporting high alliance endorsed higher post-training referral intentions regardless of involvement level. Low alliance resulted in lower than average post-training referral intentions, even with active involvement in programming, and those with both low alliance and involvement showed the lowest post-training referral intentions. Given these findings, fostering the youth trainee-trainer relationship may be an avenue to optimize prevention program effectiveness.

Language: en

LA - en SN - 0894-587X UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10488-018-0907-5 ID - ref1 ER -