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Assessment of Knowledge Gains in Proactive Training for Postvention
Author(s) -
MackesyAmiti Mary Ellen,
Fendrich Michael,
Libby Sharon,
Goldenberg Dorothea,
Grossman Janet
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1111/j.1943-278x.1996.tb00827.x
Subject(s) - strengths and weaknesses , construct validity , test (biology) , psychology , measure (data warehouse) , applied psychology , construct (python library) , poison control , psychometrics , dimension (graph theory) , human factors and ergonomics , test validity , medical education , suicide prevention , injury prevention , training (meteorology) , clinical psychology , medicine , social psychology , computer science , medical emergency , data mining , paleontology , physics , mathematics , pure mathematics , meteorology , biology , programming language
This paper describes the development of a knowledge measure for the evaluation of a proactive training program for suicide postvention and analyses of its psychometric properties. The 25‐item true–false knowledge test was administered before and after each of 12 training sessions; a total of 205 school personnel participated in the training and evaluation. Participants showed significant improvement in overall test scores and on several individual items following the training. Analyses suggested that the measure has construct validity, and that it taps a single underlying dimension. Strengths and weaknesses of the measure, and measurement issues in program evaluation are discussed.