Peer Mediation as a Poblem-Solving Strategy for Conflicts among Adolescent Youths: The Role of the Mediator

• 영문명: Peer Mediation as a Poblem-Solving Strategy for Conflicts among Adolescent Youths: The Role of the Mediator
• 발행기관: 대한사고개발학회
• 저자명: Vivien S. Huan Angeline Khoo
• 간행물 정보: 『The International Journal of Creativity & Problem Solving』제14권 제2호, 27~39쪽, 전체 13쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 교육학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2004.10.31

영문 초록

Peer mediation is a school-based intervention programme that aims to teach adolescents to manage their conflicts and resolve their differences in a positive and constructive way, with the help a mediator. This paper examines the role of the mediator in a peer mediation setting, looking at the type of mediator that at-risk and non at-risk youths prefer during a peer mediation session. Two vignettes (one with a prefect mediator and the other, an ex-gangster mediator), were used in the study and students were randomly assigned the vignette type. From their responses to the questions at the end of the vignette, the participants' level of identification for the mediator and their perceived outcome of the mediation session were obtained. Results indicated that at-risk youths had a significantly stronger preference for the ex-gangster mediator while non at-risk youths preferred the prefect mediator. Implications of findings for schools are discussed.

목차

AT-RISK YOUTHS

PEER MEDIATION IN THE SCHOOL CONTEXT

METHOD

RESULTS

DISCUSSION

REFERENCES

APPENDIX

키워드

Peer mediation Conflict resolution At-risk youths Social identity theory