Evaluating the Impact of Training on the Effectiveness of Peer Change Agents: A Campus-wide Intervention

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dc.contributor.authorRoediger, Micahen
dc.contributor.committeechairGeller, E. Scotten
dc.contributor.committeememberBraun, Michaelen
dc.contributor.committeememberFoti, Roseanne J.en
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-04T19:49:30Zen
dc.date.adate2015-08-12en
dc.date.available2017-04-04T19:49:30Zen
dc.date.issued2015-05-04en
dc.date.rdate2016-10-17en
dc.date.sdate2015-07-10en
dc.description.abstractThe current study investigated the impact of a training program on a peer-to-peer intervention designed to increase the use of bicycle helmets on a large college campus. The training program was evaluated by the number of interactions a peer change agent--an individual who attempts to make a positive change in another person's behavior, had with bicyclists. The results suggest the training program may be effective in increasing change agent interactions for change agents who are already commitment to the intervention leading to more interactions per capita between committed trained change agents and bicyclists than untrained change agent and bicyclists. However, these results must be interpreted with caution due to small and unequal sample sizes.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-07102015-171622en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07102015-171622/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/76820en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjecttrainingen
dc.subjectsafety behavioren
dc.subjectsocial influenceen
dc.titleEvaluating the Impact of Training on the Effectiveness of Peer Change Agents: A Campus-wide Interventionen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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