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Original Articles

Validation of training module to increase self-efficacy of adolescent peer counsellors in Indonesia

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Pages 385-391 | Received 19 Aug 2018, Accepted 27 Feb 2019, Published online: 08 May 2019
 

Abstract

Background: Peer counsellor programs are one of many countermeasures for current issues in adolescent mental health. Peer counsellors need to have adequate capability and self-efficacy especially in basic counselling skills to be able to help their peers in their daily life. A validated training module for peer counsellors in mental health context has not yet been developed in Indonesia.

Aim: This research aims to develop, and evaluate content and empirical validity of a training module for adolescent peer counsellors in Indonesia.

Method: A training module was developed based on a systematic literature review. Expert judgment was elicited to ensure content validity, while a quasi-experiment with two groups control design with a pretest and post-test measure was conducted to evaluate empirical validity. Thirty experimental group subjects and 14 control group subjects were involved in this study.

Results: Expert judgment showed the training module had satisfactory content validity, fulfilling statistical consensus requirements. Analysis using EffectLiteR showed that peer counsellor training had a significant effect on self-efficacy with a significance score of 0.019 (p < 0.05) for average effect.

Conclusion: The module has adequate content and empirical validity to increase counselling self-efficacy in adolescent peer counsellors.

Ethical approval

This research has been approved by Universitas Gadjah Mada, Faculty of Psychology Ethical Committee, under document number 460/SD/PL.03.01.11/2018. All participants involved have signed an informed consent to be involved in this research.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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