This study examined the effect of mentors' attendance on their mentees' outcomes after six months of developmental mentoring.
Developmental mentoring is a structured, cross-age peer mentoring program designed to promote children's development by facilitating connectedness. In this randomized study of 73 Caucasian, rural youth, multiple analyses of covariance revealed that connectedness to school and parents at posttest were significantly greater for mentees than for the comparison group. Regression analyses revealed that changes in self-esteem, social skills, and behavioral competence were highly related to mentors' attendance, suggesting relational processes accounted for more change than did exposure to program curricula. However, the relationship between mentors' inconsistent attendance and mentees' decline in self-esteem and behavioral competence suggests that absent mentors may do more harm than good. (Published abstract provided)
Downloads
Similar Publications
- The Impact of Concealed and Open Carry Legislation Among Urban Settings in Kentucky and Oklahoma: Final Report to the National Institute of Justice
- Lab Retriever: a software tool for calculating likelihood ratios incorporating a probability of drop-out for forensic DNA profiles
- Does Scientific Evidence Support the Widespread Use of SQFs as a Proactive Policing Strategy?