J Korean Acad Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs JKAPMHN Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 1225-8482 2288-4653 The Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 10.12934/jkpmhn.2013.22.3.241 Original Article Effects of a Peer Gatekeeper Training Program on Self-esteem, Interpersonal Relationships with Friends, and Suicide Probability for High School Students Shin Eun Jung 1 Kim Hee Sook 2 The Research Institute of Nursing Science, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea. College of Nursing, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea. Corresponding author: Kim, Hee Sook. College of Nursing, Kyungpook National University, 101 Dongin-dong 2-ga, Joung-gu, Daegu 700-420, Korea. Tel: +82-53-420-4927, Fax: +82-53-422-4926, hskim8879@knu.ac.kr 09 2013 30 09 2013 22 3 241 251 31 05 2013 31 07 2013 25 09 2013 © 2013 The Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 2013 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Purpose

This study was done to investigate the effects of a Peer Gatekeeper Training Program on self-esteem, interpersonal relationships with friends and suicide probability for high school students.

 Methods

The recruited participants were forty-three students a vocational high school in G city. The study was done from August 31, 2012 to September 25, 2012. To test the effects of the Peer Gate Keeper Training Program, the participants were divided into two groups, an experimental group (22) and a control group (21). The Peer Gate Keeper Training Program was provided to the control group after the posttest was completed. Data were analyzed using χ2-test, t-test, and Fisher exact test with the SPSS/WIN 18.0 program.

 Results

After attending the Peer Gate Keeper Training Program, significant differences were found in self-esteem, interpersonal relationships with friends, and suicide probability scores between the experimental group and the control group (t=3.24, p=.002) (t=2.16, p=.036) (t=-2.95, p=.006).

 Conclusion

The results indicate that the Gate Keeper Training Program enhances self-esteem and interpersonal relationships with friends and reduces suicide probability in high school students. Therefore, this program is a good strategy that teachers and community mental health nurses can use for suicide prevention in high school students.

 Suicide Adolescent Self-esteem Interpersonal relationship Gatekeeper

This article is a condensed form of the first author's master's thesis from Kyungpook National University.

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Contents of Gatekeeper Training Program

CBT=cognitive behavior therapy.

Homogeneity of General Characteristics (N=43)

Exp.=experimental group; Cont.=control group.

†Fisher's exact probability test.

Homogeneity Test of Dependent Variables in Pretest (N=43)

Exp.=experimental group; Cont.=control group.

Comparisons of Self-esteem, Interpersonal Relationship with friends, and Suicide Probability between the Experimental and Control Group (N=43)

Exp.=experimental group; Cont.=control group.