Hockin, Anais (2020) An Evaluation of the I-ASIST Gatekeeper Training Program for Indigenous Australian Youth Suicide Prevention. Honours thesis, University of Southern Queensland. (Unpublished)
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Abstract
Suicide is the leading cause of death for Indigenous youth worldwide and in Australia, suicide rates for Indigenous youth aged 15-24 years are far higher than the national rate for young people. These alarming statistics highlight the desperate need for the development of successful gatekeeper suicide intervention training programs and evaluations. Existing literature suggests stigmatising attitudes towards suicide are a major barrier to gatekeeper intention to help and gatekeeper programs can decrease these. Furthermore, the literature suggests that individual factors also impact on stigmatising attitudes an individual may hold. The Indigenous Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (I-ASIST) is a multi-faceted gatekeeper suicide prevention training program that has been recently designed to increase knowledge and awareness of suicide risk factors in Indigenous youth. Two major components contribute to stigma: acceptability and knowledge of suicide. These were measured by the Suicide Opinions Questionnaire (SOQ) at baseline, 6 months and 12 months postintervention. Results found that the program had no significant effect on participants’ stigmatising attitudes towards suicide over time and no differences were found between stigmatising attitudes in Indigenous and non-Indigenous participants, or emergent and designated participants at each time point. This study provides a vast array of important considerations for future Indigenous suicide prevention programs and their evaluations.
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| Item Type: | Thesis (Non-Research) (Honours) |
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| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Psychology and Counselling (1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2021) |
| Supervisors: | Gavin Beccaria |
| Qualification: | Bachelor of Science (Honours) |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Jul 2025 00:14 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Jul 2025 00:14 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Suicide; suicide prevention; gatekeeper; Indigenous; Indigenous Australian youth; suicide intervention training; Aboriginal; Torres Strait Islander. |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1799 Other Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5299 Other psychology > 529999 Other psychology not elsewhere classified |
| URI: | https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/52418 |
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