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Grünke, Matthias; Hammes-Schmitz, Edeltraud; Nobel, Kerstin; Ramacher-Faasen, Nicole; Stallmann, Till; Apel, Kirsten; Faasen, Josephine; Faasen, Rainer – Insights into Learning Disabilities, 2023
Higher education students with dyslexia are generally under enormous emotional pressure. The fear of getting exposed as "stupid" leads many of them to isolate themselves and avoid social contact with their peers. In consequence, a lot of dyslexic college students suffer from feelings of loneliness or even depression and anxiety. One…
Descriptors: College Students, Dyslexia, Self Help Programs, Computer Mediated Communication
Harris-Campbell, Janet – 1988
This document presents a discussion of how to set up an on-campus peer support system designed to help college students cope with stress. The possible functions of a peer support center are outlined and features of a proposal for such a center are listed, including a clear mandate of the center, a rationale for the services to be provided, a list…
Descriptors: College Students, Coping, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Harrison, Murelle G. – 2001
Despite differential gender findings in the epidemiology of substance use, only a limited amount of research focuses on the differences in initiation into drug use and antecedent conditions. As part of the awareness of the need for mutual support among African American women, the National Black Women's Health Project, in conjunction with the…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Black Colleges, Black Students, College Students
Giddan, Norman S. – 1988
This overview of peer counseling and self-help groups in contemporary higher education examines current practices and offers recommendations for program development. Section I looks at the historical background and current context of campus peer counseling and social support programs; types and functions of self-help groups; student…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Students, Counseling, Counselor Evaluation