DOI

https://doi.org/10.25772/DM3D-KA92

Defense Date

2000

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Department

Psychology

First Advisor

Steven Danish

Abstract

Leadership and goal setting skills were examined for 49 high school students who implemented a peer-led health and life skills program for sixth grade students. Participants completed surveys that included a leadership scale and a goal setting scale constructed for this study. and an adapted version of the Goals Inventory. Surveys were administered to the participants prior to a 3-day training (Time Point I), immediately following the training (Time Point 2). and at the completion of leading 12. 1-hour workshops (Time Point 3). The results indicate that high school peer leaders perceived an increase in both their leadership and goal setting skills. Results from retrospective pretest measures of the leadership and goal setting scales also indicate that the participants had overestimated those skills prior to their peer-leadership experience. The findings suggest that improved leadership and goal setting skills are ways that adolescents can benefit from a peer leadership experience.

Comments

Scanned, with permission from the author, from the original print version, which resides in University Archives.

Rights

© The Author

Is Part Of

VCU University Archives

Is Part Of

VCU Theses and Dissertations

Date of Submission

10-27-2017

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