Item | Pre-course | Post-course | 6-month Follow-up | |||||
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Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ∆ | Mean | SD | ∆ | |
You should not ask a person if they are thinking about suicide | 1.76 | 0.86 | 1.28 | 0.82 | 0.56 | 1.27 | 0.58 | 0.58 |
All people who are suicidal want to die | 1.78 | 0.73 | 1.47 | 0.80 | 0.42 | 1.51 | 0.63 | 0.36 |
Suicidal threats made when under the influence of alcohol or other drugs, do not need to be taken seriously | 1.49 | 0.69 | 1.33 | 0.82 | 0.24 | 1.32 | 0.67 | 0.25 |
If a person is talking about killing themselves there is nothing you can do | 1.51 | 0.70 | 1.41 | 0.74 | 0.15 | 1.30 | 0.61 | 0.31 |
You can tell how serious someone is about suicide by the method they are thinking of using | 2.42 | 1.11 | 1.93 | 1.25 | 0.45 | 2.14 | 1.22 | 0.25 |
Scale (average) | 1.79 | 0.56 | 1.48 | 0.67 | 0.56 | 1.51 | 0.49 | 0.51 |