Suicide is a leading cause of death of school-aged youth, with adolescent and young adult populations considered to be most at risk for suicide clusters and contagion effects. Suicide clusters have been documented in school districts across the United States, though the degree to which schools are prepared to provide postvention services in the wake of a suicide is presently unclear. The current study sought to ascertain school psychologists' training, experiences and access to school district protocols in general postvention, and specifically in suicide contagion effect prevention. Perceptions of suicide postvention knowledge and self-efficacy from 111 school psychologists in the state of North Carolina were assessed using the Perceived Postvention Competency Survey. Descriptive and multivariate analyses were conducted to identify associations between school psychologist characteristics and perceived competency. More than half of respondents reported limited knowledge, preparedness, and confidence in suicide postvention, and even lower degrees of competency in preventing suicide contagion effects. Formal training in postvention and years worked were significantly associated with both perceived knowledge and self-efficacy. Recommendations to enhance school psychologists' postvention competence are offered, and directions for future research to expand upon this preliminary work are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).

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学校中的自杀预防措施：学校心理学家的经验，培训和知识。

自杀是学龄青年死亡的主要原因，青少年和年轻人口被认为最容易发生自杀簇和传染效应。在美国各地的学区中都有自杀集群的记录，尽管目前尚不清楚学校在自杀后准备提供后备服务的程度。当前的研究试图确定学校心理学家的培训，经验以及在一般预防后，特别是在预防自杀性传染效应方面对学区规程的访问。使用“感知后预防能力调查”评估了北卡罗来纳州的111名学校心理学家对自杀后预防知识和自我效能的感知。进行描述性和多变量分析，以识别学校心理学家特征与感知能力之间的关联。超过一半的受访者表示对自杀后预防的知识，准备和信心有限，甚至在防止自杀性感染方面的能力甚至更低。预防后的正式培训和工作年限与知觉知识和自我效能感显着相关。提供了一些建议，以增强学校心理学家的预防能力，并讨论了在此初步工作基础上进行进一步研究的方向。（PsycINFO数据库记录（c）2019 APA，保留所有权利）。对自杀后预防的信心，甚至更低的预防自杀传染效应的能力。预防后的正式培训和工作年限与感知的知识和自我效能感显着相关。提供了一些建议，以增强学校心理学家的预防能力，并讨论了在此初步工作基础上进行进一步研究的方向。（PsycINFO数据库记录（c）2019 APA，保留所有权利）。对自杀后预防的信心，甚至更低的预防自杀传染效应的能力。预防后的正式培训和工作年限与知觉知识和自我效能感显着相关。提供了一些建议，以增强学校心理学家的预防能力，并讨论了在此初步工作基础上进行进一步研究的方向。（PsycINFO数据库记录（c）2019 APA，保留所有权利）。并讨论了在此初步工作基础上进行进一步研究的方向。（PsycINFO数据库记录（c）2019 APA，保留所有权利）。并讨论了在此初步工作基础上进行进一步研究的方向。（PsycINFO数据库记录（c）2019 APA，保留所有权利）。