The Effectiveness of Peer Gatekeeper Training Program for Vulnerable Middle School Students through Quasi-Experimental Method

Kim, Kyounghye; Kim, Hee Sook

doi:2025.34.2.199

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Journal of Korean Academy of psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 2025;34(2):199-210.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12934/jkpmhn.2025.34.2.199 Published online June 30, 2025.

The Effectiveness of Peer Gatekeeper Training Program for Vulnerable Middle School Students through Quasi-Experimental Method

Kyounghye Kim¹

, Hee Sook Kim²

¹Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Gumi Community Mental Health Welfare Center, Gumi, Korea
²Professor, College of Nursing ‧ The Research Institute of Nursing Innovation, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea

취약계층 중학생의 또래생명지킴이훈련 프로그램 효과에 대한 준실험연구

김경혜¹

, 김희숙²

¹구미정신건강복지센터 정신전문간호사
²경북대학교 간호대학 ‧ 간호혁신연구소 교수

Correspondence: Hee Sook Kim, Tel: +82-53-950-4477, Fax: +82-53-950-4460,
Email: hskim4114@nate.com

Received: 7 January 2025 • Revised: 19 March 2025 • Accepted: 19 June 2025

Abstract

Purpose
This study aimed to determine the effects of a peer gatekeeper training program on self-esteem, suicide literacy, and peer relational skills of vulnerable middle school students.
Methods
A non-equivalent control group study with a pretest-posttest design was used. A total of 43 vulnerable group middle school students participated in this study. Conducting pre-survey sand post-surveys on the experimental and control groups using the self-esteem, suicide literacy, and peer relational skills verified the effectiveness of the program. The program consisted of a total of 10 sessions, 50 minutes per session, over 5 weeks. Collected data were analyzed with x² test, Fisher’s exact probability test, independent t-test, and Shapiro-Wilk test using the IBM SPSS Statistics version 25.
Results
Self-esteem (t=6.72, p<.001), suicide literacy (t=10.50, p<.001), and peer relational skills (t=11.49, p<.001) of the experimental group participating in a peer gatekeeper training program significantly increased.
Conclusion
The peer gatekeeper training program can be used as an effective nursing intervention to increase self-esteem, suicide literacy, and peer relational skills in vulnerable middle school students.

Key Words: Vulnerable populations; Gatekeeper; Self concept; Literacy; Interpersonal relations

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