Peer counselling in Saudi Arabia
| Autor: | D.I. Williams, M.H.M. Abu-Rasain |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
| Předmět: |
Program evaluation
Counseling Male Social Psychology Adolescent Saudi Arabia Peer Group Social support Interpersonal relationship Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Humans Social isolation School Health Services Medical education Health Plan Implementation Social environment Social Support Loneliness Peer group Consumer Behavior Focus Groups Focus group Faculty Self Concept Psychiatry and Mental health Social Isolation Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health medicine.symptom Psychology Clinical psychology Program Evaluation |
| Zdroj: | Journal of adolescence. 22(4) |
| ISSN: | 0140-1971 |
| Popis: | Peer counselling, an essentially Western innovation, was trialled in a boys' secondary school in Saudi Arabia over an academic year. Aims were to support individual pupils, improve the social environment and reduce loneliness. Impact was assessed using school records, interviews, questionnaires, standard psychological tests and focus groups. Although there was no change over the period in loneliness, there was significant positive change in two social provisions (guidance and reliable alliance), and a reduction in problems presented to the school counsellor. While teaching staff were unsupportive of the programme, clients valued the service and peer counsellors themselves profited through increased self-esteem. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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