Training Young Adult Peers in a Mobile Motivational Interviewing-Based Mentoring Approach to Upstream HIV Prevention.
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DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12471
Abstract: Mentoring relationships are characterized by a sustained, high quality, and skill-building relationship between a protégé and mentor (Handbook of Youth Mentoring, Los Angeles, SAGE, 2014). Within prevention science, youth mentoring programs emphasize creating a specific… read more here.
Keywords: hiv prevention; motivational interviewing; youth mentoring; approach ... See more keywords
Paraprofessional Youth Mentoring: A Framework for Integrating Youth Mentoring with Helping Institutions and Professions.
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DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12546
Abstract: The demand for child mental health services, including those provided by psychologists, counselors, and social workers, exceeds the supply. This trend is expected to continue or worsen unless there are substantial structural changes in how… read more here.
Keywords: framework; health services; youth; youth mentoring ... See more keywords
The long‐term effects of youth mentoring on student mentors' civic engagement attitudes and behavior
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DOI: 10.1002/jcop.21886
Abstract: The current study was designed to explore the delayed effect of participating in youth mentoring programs, training in civic engagement, and activism on a sample of 337 Israelis 5 to 10 years after serving as… read more here.
Keywords: engagement attitudes; student mentors; current civic; youth mentoring ... See more keywords
Birds of a feather: Is matching based on shared interests and characteristics associated with longer youth mentoring relationships?
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DOI: 10.1002/jcop.22127
Abstract: Youth mentoring practitioners and researchers have shown a growing interest in determining the ways in which mentor-youth matching practices might influence the duration and effectiveness of mentoring relationships. The current project tested whether mentor-youth similarities… read more here.
Keywords: associated longer; youth; youth mentoring; mentor youth ... See more keywords
"It is OK to let them know you are human too": Mentor self-disclosure in formal youth mentoring relationships.
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DOI: 10.1002/jcop.22165
Abstract: This study aims to capture descriptive data on how mentors self-disclose to their adolescent mentees. Self-disclosure is a normative communication process that facilitates trust and closeness in interpersonal relationships. Despite being a relational intervention, little… read more here.
Keywords: disclosure; self disclosure; mentoring relationships; youth mentoring ... See more keywords
Why mentor? A validation study of the volunteer functions inventory for use in youth mentoring.
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DOI: 10.1002/jcop.22326
Abstract: This study explores the functional motivations of volunteers in youth mentoring programs and tests the validity of the Volunteer Functions Inventory (VFI) for this population. Participants included 473 volunteer mentors matched within a one-to-one mentoring… read more here.
Keywords: volunteer functions; mentor; study; functions inventory ... See more keywords
Going the distance: A longitudinal qualitative study of formal youth mentoring relationship development.
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DOI: 10.1002/jcop.23006
Abstract: More enduring formal youth mentoring relationships tend to be more effective, but our understanding of how such relationships develop and are sustained remains limited. This prospective, qualitative study examined the development of 67 one-to-one, community-based… read more here.
Keywords: formal youth; growth; qualitative study; youth mentoring ... See more keywords
Pathways by which case managers' match support influences youth mentoring outcomes: Testing the systemic model of youth mentoring.
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DOI: 10.1002/jcop.23010
Abstract: Keller's systemic model of youth mentoring posits there are multiple pathways through which all stakeholders in the youth mentoring process, including the program staff who support the match (or case managers), influence youth outcomes. This… read more here.
Keywords: case managers; case; youth mentoring; match support ... See more keywords
Do program practices matter for mentors?: How implementation of empirically supported program practices is associated with youth mentoring relationship quality.
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DOI: 10.1002/jcop.23019
Abstract: This study investigates how the implementation of program-level practices by formal youth mentoring programs is associated with the quality of youth mentoring relationships as contexts for youth development and also examines whether this connection is… read more here.
Keywords: mentoring relationship; program practices; youth mentoring; program ... See more keywords
Cultivating supportive communities for young people – Mentor pathways into and following a youth mentoring program
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.104815
Abstract: Abstract Having a trusted adult in one’s life can be a key support to young people in making and managing the transitions of young adulthood, however not all young people have access to such an… read more here.
Keywords: program; youth mentoring; young people; support young ... See more keywords
Initial Motivation of Mentors in Formal Youth Mentoring Relationships
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DOI: 10.1080/13575279.2021.1929845
Abstract: The paper presents results of a phenomenological longitudinal qualitative study undertaken with mentors associated with the Big Brothers Big Sisters programme in the Czech Republic. Ten mentors wer... read more here.
Keywords: formal youth; mentors formal; initial motivation; youth mentoring ... See more keywords