Thesis (Ed. D.)--Illinois State University, 1993. / Title from title page screen, viewed February 14, 2006. Dissertation Committee: Lanny Morreau (chair), Patricia Klass, Robert Hemenway, Robert Heiny. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 134-153) and abstract. Also available in print.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Erskine Theological Seminary, 2001. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 192-197).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Trinity International University, 2000. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 213-219).

Thesis (M.A.)--Rowan University, 2005. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references.

Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 49-53).

Thesis (M.A.)--The Master's College, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 122-125).

Thesis (M.N.M.)--Regis University, Denver, Colo., 2006. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on Sept. 26, 2006). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2000. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 202-215). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

Perceptions of the Host-National Peers in a Program Designed to Aid the Adjustment of International Students at the University of British Columbia Foreign students want and need social contact with people from the host country when they study abroad. The Counselling Psychology Department at the University of British Columbia has developed a peer program where Canadian students are paired with foreign students in an attempt to ease the feelings of loneliness and isolation which these foreign students often experience. This paper contains a review of related literature, a description of the peer program, an analysis of interviews with host-national participants and recommendations for improvements to the program. The literature review surveys the problems associated with foreign students on North American campuses, several theories of the adjustment process and programs designed to aid that adjustment. Some factors which help students adjust to a new environment are counselling and peer support. Host peers commented on how and why they became participants in the program. They revealed some of the problems associated with being a helping peer. The benefits they received from the program were many but they were able to identify several aspects of the program which could be changed to make the program more rewarding to themselves and to the foreign peers. / Education, Faculty of / Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of / Graduate

M.Ed. (Educational Psychology) / Please refer to full text to view abstract