The impact of peer counsellor training for the aged on the communication of empathy

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dc.contributor.authorMcCormick, Roderick Michaelen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-14T22:44:25Z
dc.date.available2024-08-14T22:44:25Z
dc.date.copyright1986en_US
dc.date.issued1986
dc.degree.departmentFaculty of Education
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Curriculum and Instruction
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en
dc.description.abstractElderly persons are often considered as needing mental health care to cope with the stresses associated with the aging process. Unfortunately, they are often reluctant to request professional help. Peer counsellors who have been trained in counselling techniques are thought to be one way of overcoming this reluctance, thereby providing elderly people with the necessary assistance. Because little empirical research has been conducted on the efficacy of peer counsellor training programs for the elderly, the present study was conducted to examine one peer counsellor training program with a view to determining whether it provides the means by which seniors can learn to accurately communicate empathy. Thirty five elderly volunteers from the Victoria Capital Regional District served as subjects. Sixteen subjects served as the experimental group with the remaining nineteen subjects serving as the control group. The experimental group received a 40-hour peer counsellor training course whereas the control group received no training. Pretest and posttest measures of the subject's counselling performance were obtained by assessing the subject's written responses to a counselling questionnaire by means of two rating scales designed to measure the counsellor's accurate use of empathy in responding to client statements. Data were analyzed using one-way Analyisis of Variance tests. The ANOVA results indicated a significant treatment effect for those subjects who received the peer counsellor training. The results of this study indicate that the peer counsellor training program examined was effective in increasing the trainee's accurate use of empathy in responding to the client's statements. This finding is consistent with previous studies examining the effect of peer counsellor training programs on the performance of elderly trainees. The implications of the study are discussed along with the limitations of the study and suggestions for future research.
dc.format.extent72 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/18903
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dc.titleThe impact of peer counsellor training for the aged on the communication of empathyen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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