The Effects of a Mentoring Program on At-Risk Youth

Examines an intensive mentoring program that focuses on youth deemed at-risk for juvenile delinquency or mental illness. Results indicate significant improvement in problematic behaviors for the intervention group. Mentoring appeared to affect African American youth differently than Caucasian and La...

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Published in:Adolescence 2002, Vol.37 (148), p.717-734
Main Authors: Keating, Lisa M, Tomishima, Michelle A, Foster, Sharon, Alessandri, Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
African Americans
Analysis of Variance
At risk
At Risk Persons
At risk youth
Behavior Patterns
Behavior Problems
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Control Groups
Cultural Differences
Delinquency
Delinquency Prevention
Effects
Ethnic differences
European Continental Ancestry Group
Female
Hispanic Americans
Humans
Juvenile Delinquency
Juvenile Delinquency - ethnology
Juvenile Delinquency - prevention & control
Male
Medical sciences
Mental Disorders
Mental Disorders - ethnology
Mental Disorders - prevention & control
Mental health
Mental Illness
Mentoring
Mentors
Prevention. Health policy. Planification
Program Effectiveness
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometrics
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Racial Differences
Risk
Self Concept
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
USA
Young people
Youth
Youth Problems
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Summary:Examines an intensive mentoring program that focuses on youth deemed at-risk for juvenile delinquency or mental illness. Results indicate significant improvement in problematic behaviors for the intervention group. Mentoring appeared to affect African American youth differently than Caucasian and Latino youth. Findings support the positive influence of mentoring on at-risk youth. (Contains 20 references.) (GCP)
ISSN:0001-8449