2024 Volume 23 Issue 2 Pages 165-179
The purposes of the present study were to implement two types of education on how to send SOS: Stress management type and Reciprocal help type, and to examine the effects of the programs. Participants were 102 first-year students at junior high school from three classes. They were assigned to three different programs, a stress management type class, a reciprocal help type class, and a waiting class. A self-report inventory before and after the intervention were compared and student’ impressions on the programs were analyzed. The results indicated that students in the stress management type class showed no significant change at the end of the program. In addition, students in the reciprocal help type class showed significant improvement only in self-efficacy scale for helping friends. However, their impressions after the program suggested the effectiveness of reciprocal help type intervention. The findings suggested that activities promoting reciprocal help in class and learning about anticipated benefits of seeking help are appropriate for teaching students on how to send SOS.
