“…We highlight peer mentoring programs and, particularly, mediation, a strategy which allows those involved in a conflict to confront it by talking to each other with the help of a third party. However, the advantages of mediation go beyond conflict resolution, as shown in many studies, both empirical (Cowie & Wallace, 2000;García-Longoria, 2002;Villanueva, Usó, & Adrián, 2003;Nix & Hale, 2007;Torrego & Galán, 2008;Grande, 2010;Moral & Pérez, 2010;Turnuklu et al, 2010;Paulero, 2011;Ibarrola-García & Iriarte, 2014) and theoretical (Bonafé-Schmitt, 2000;López, 2007;García-Raga, Martínez-Usarralde, & Sahuquillo, 2012;Pulido, Martín-Seoane, & Lucas-Molina, 2013;Tucker & Maunder, 2015). Mediation promotes student participation, strengthens interpersonal relationships, prevents violence and stimulates democratic citizenship skills and values (Puig-Gutiérrez & Morales-Lozano, 2015;Sánchez-Blanco, 2015).…”