“…Most research on peer adviser programs has been directed toward selection criteria for advisers, training modules, and the effectiveness of such programs. The emphasis has been on variables such as (a) personal characteristics of successful advisers, including intelligence, sensitivity, assertiveness, and warmth (Dawson, 1973;Truax & Carkhuff, 1967);. (b) advisers' effectiveness in working with their peers (Ender, McCaffrey, & Miller, 1979;Pyle & Snyder, 1971;Zunker, 1975); and (c) general support for the idea of peer-relationship effective: ness programs (Lynch & Sinnett, 1976).…”