Adopting Peer Educator Skills: The Effectiveness of Basic Counselling Training
Authors
Siti I. Savira1, *, Riza N. Khoirunnisa1, Yohana Wuri Satwika1, Damajanti K. Dewi1, Syahrifa Y. Nurmalasari2
1Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education, Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia
2Psychologist, rumahpsikologi.com, Surabaya, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: sitisavira@unesa.ac.id
Corresponding Author
Siti I. Savira
Available Online 24 December 2021.
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.211223.201How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Counselling training; Peer educator
- Abstract
Adolescents are subject of the various threats of psychological problems, such as anxiety and depression. Peer educators are suggested as an effective solution to support young people’s mental health. This study aims to examine the effectiveness of basic counselling training to improve skills as a peer educator. Basic counseling training was given to the participants as intervention on a one-group pre-test and post-test quasi experiment design. The data was collected from 35 participants and analyzed statistically to compare the pre-test and post-test scores of the trainees. The result of the study shows that the training is valuable to improve the peer educators training.
- Copyright
- © 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Siti I. Savira AU - Riza N. Khoirunnisa AU - Yohana Wuri Satwika AU - Damajanti K. Dewi AU - Syahrifa Y. Nurmalasari PY - 2021 DA - 2021/12/24 TI - Adopting Peer Educator Skills: The Effectiveness of Basic Counselling Training BT - Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Arts and Humanities 2021 (IJCAH 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 1150 EP - 1154 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211223.201 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.211223.201 ID - Savira2021 ER -