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ERIC Number: ED154853
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1978
Pages: 145
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The Development of Guidelines for Community College Peer Group Counseling Evolving From a Study of Programs for Adult Re-Entry Women.
Elledge, Muriel K.
The effectiveness of peer group counseling on self-concept among adult re-entry women in Women's Education Development Incentive (WENDI) programs and other related programs was studied to develop a set of guidelines for community college peer group counseling. The study involved using the Adult Nowicke-Strickland Internal-External Scale for pre- and post-assessment of seven WENDI counseling classes; use of Skinner's positive reinforcement learning strategies by peer facilitators in the classes; interviewing four WENDI staff personnel at Brevard Community College; on-site visits to women's programs at Phoenix and Mesa Community Colleges; interviewing counselors from two Comprehensive Education and Training Act (CETA) funded women's programs; interviewing members of one WENDI class using the nominal group process technique; comprehensively reviewing related literature; and establishing an Institutional Development Team composed of Brevard staff members. Data analysis demonstrated no significant difference from externality to internality among WENDI members at the end of the course. However, there was a positive class mean shift from externality to internality. The interviews and literature review indicated self-concept and internality were enhanced by peer group counseling, suggesting that the WENDI model can be effectively transferred to other community college high risk student target areas. (TR)
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