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TOPIC: Peer Relationships, Peer Support, and Peer Counseling

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Social Networking and Peer Relationships: The Benefits and Drawbacks of Children (9-12) Using Online Social Networking Sites
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Effects of Peer Relationships on Mental Health and Learning Outcomes

Direct and Indirect Links Between Peer Factors and Adolescent Adjustment Difficulties

"Everyone has the ability actually to do well in education. It's just the support mechanisms that you give to them..."

Friends and friendships: pre-teens and teenagers

Loneliness and personal well-being in young people: Moderating effects of individual, interpersonal, and community factors

Moderators of Negative Peer Influence on Early Adolescent Externalizing Behaviors: Individual, Parenting, and School Connectedness (2009) S. Mrug. The Journal of Early Adolescence, 29 (4) 518-540.

Peer groups, academic achievement and the behavior of elementary school-aged children: A strength-based perspective

The Perils of Not Being Attractive or Athletic: Pathways to Adolescent Adjustment Difficulties

On shaky grounds: Peer victimization predicts friendship instability across the ninth grade school year

Peer Paradox: The Tensions that Peer Relationships Raise for Vulnerable Youth

The role of parental and peer attachment relationships and school connectedness in predicting adolescent mental health outcomes

Benefits of Positive Peer Relationships, Support, and Counseling Interventions

Exploring Associations of Positive Relationships and Adolescent Well-Being Across Cultures

A theory of change for one-on-one peer support for older adolescents

Belonging to Schools: A social psychological perspective

Cross-Age Teaching

Engaging peers to promote well-being and inclusion of newcomer students

How peer tutoring can transform high school academics

A Path to Inclusiveness - Peer Support Groups as a Resource for Change

Peer Coaching That Works: The Power of Reflection and Feedback in Teacher Triad Teams

Peer Support/Peer Provided Services: Underlying Processes, Benefits, and Critical Ingredients

Primary and Lower Secondary School Students' Social Support Profiles and Study Wellbeing

Research Update on Peer Support for Youth and Young Adults

Students Helping Students

Related Programs and Interventions

Adolescent social learning within supportive friendships

Assessing the Feasibility of Peer Coach Training for Disruptive Middle School Youth

2 Exercises for Teaching Secondary Students About Consent

Beyond Awareness: Student-led Innovation in Campus Mental Health

Learning Together: Implementation of a Peer-Tutoring Intervention Targeting Academic and Social–Emotional Needs (2018). G. Capp, R. Benbenishty, R. Astor & D. Pineda Children & Schools, 40, 173–184.

The National Association of Peer Program Professionals

Peer acceptance and rejection during secondary school: Do associations with subsequent educational outcomes vary by socioeconomic background?

Peer-assisted Learning (What Works Clearinghouse)

Peer Initiation Strategies for Students with Autism

Peer Programs Helping Schools Tackle Student Depression, Anxiety

School-Based Relationship-Mapping Program to Promote Social-Emotional Learning among Children

States' Use of Peers in the Mental Health Crisis Continuum

Structuring for Success: Link Crew

Teenagers as Teachers Programs

Why adolescents conform to high-status peers: Associations among conformity, identity alignment, and self-esteem

Youth Supporting Youth: Expanding Peer-to-Peer Programs in Schools

Related Agencies and Websites

Adolescent Peer Support League

Peer Resources

Resilience Peer Network

Urban Middle Schoolers’ Opportunities to Belong Predict Fluctuations in Their Engagement Across the School Day

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