Mapping the Emergent Choreography of Assistance: The Dynamics of Dyadic Peer Helping Relations in Organizations

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maya E. Golan ◽  
Peter A. Bamberger
Keyword(s):  
Peer Helping

Peer Counseling or Peer Support—There is a Difference

1994 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen P. Carter ◽  
Henry L. Janzen
Keyword(s):  
Peer Support ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Peer Counseling ◽  
Student Survey ◽  
Counseling Programs ◽  
Peer Helping ◽  
Program Selection ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Training Need

The purpose of this study was to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of a peer helping program in a high school setting. Opinions were obtained from students, staff, peer support members, their parents, and their “clients.” A large sample was obtained for the general student survey (204 students, or 73% of the student population). The results validated the basic assumptions on which peer helping programs are founded, namely, that students most often seek out other students for help with problems and that students are thought to be capable of providing help for their peers. The results indicate that although students have confidence in one another for helping, few students said they would seek help with a problem from a peer counselor. It is thought that existing peer counseling programs are perhaps too small to adequately represent all peer groups within the school and that attempts should be made to expand membership in the program in order to reach more students. It was also indicated that students have greater confidence in a peer's ability for helping with school and relationship problems, whereas less confidence was shown for dealing with problems of a more serious nature such as suicide, death, and pregnancy. This point emphasizes the difference between peer counseling and “professional” counseling programs. It is proposed that for peer helping programs to grow the distinction between support and counseling become clear in the minds of those running the program and that alternate methods for program selection and training need to be explored.

Establishing an online HIV peer helping programme: A review of process challenges and lessons learned

2014 ◽  
Vol 74 (5) ◽  
pp. 507-517
Author(s):  
Gregory E Harris ◽  
Valerie Corcoran ◽  
Adam Myles ◽  
Philip Lundrigan ◽  
Robert White ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Peer Helping

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of Positive Peer Culture with Youth at Risk

2019 ◽  
pp. 7-14
Author(s):  
Larry K. Brendtro ◽  
Michael Caslor
Keyword(s):  
Peer Influence ◽  
Group Treatment ◽  
Peer Pressure ◽  
Treatment Programs ◽  
Peer Culture ◽  
Peer Helping ◽  
Term Change ◽  
Youth At Risk ◽  
And Behavior

Youth in conflict with adults often gravitate to friends who support high-risk behavior. Various group treatment programs have sought to reverse this negative peer influence with two different strategies. In peer pressure programs, youth discipline one another to reinforce behavior norms. In peer helping programs such as Positive Peer Culture (PPC), youth support one another by solving problems and building strengths. While both approaches have been shown to improve short-term behavior, peer-helping creates long-term change in prosocial values, thinking, and behavior. This article reviews relevant research on the effectiveness of Positive Peer Culture and reports a study comparing recidivism of a residential PPC program in corrections with matched controls. Differences were apparent after 12 months as PPC groups had significantly lower recidivism at each quarterly interval of the 24-month follow-up period.

Peer Helping and Its Components

Peer Programs ◽  
2011 ◽  
pp. 7-18
Author(s):  
Judith A. Tindall ◽  
David R. Black
Keyword(s):  
Peer Helping

Peer-Helping in the Middle School

1989 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 30-30
Author(s):  
Michael Hussey
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Peer Helping
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