The Pre-requisites of Peer Education: What really matters?

Authors

Zach White, Brigham Young University
Philip Rash, PhD, Brigham Young University

Keywords

pre-requisites, peer education, first-year students

College

David O. McKay School of Education

Department

Counseling Psychology and Special Education

Abstract

Peer education is well established as an effective means of supporting first-year students in their transition to the university experience (Shook & Keup, 2012) (Esplin, Seabold, & Pinegar 2012). In large part, the success of peer education programs depends on the selection of peer educators, but very little research has been conducted to investigate how specific pre-requisites correlate to peer educator success. This project seeks to understand the correlation between the five pre-requisites for peer educator selection identified by Terrion and Leonard (2007) and peer educator success within the First-year mentoring program at Brigham Young University.

Recommended Citation

White, Zach and Rash, PhD, Philip (2016) "The Pre-requisites of Peer Education: What really matters?," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2016: Iss. 1, Article 4.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2016/iss1/4