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| Title |
Effectiveness of Mentoring Programs for Youth: A Meta‐Analytic Review
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|---|---|
| Published in |
American Journal of Community Psychology, April 2002
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| DOI | 10.1023/a:1014628810714 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
David L. DuBois, Bruce E. Holloway, Jeffrey C. Valentine, Harris Cooper |
| Abstract |
We used meta-analysis to review 55 evaluations of the effects of mentoring programs on youth. Overall, findings provide evidence of only a modest or small benefit of program participation for the average youth. Program effects are enhanced significantly, however, when greater numbers of both theory-based and empirically based "best practices" are utilized and when strong relationships are formed between mentors and youth. Youth from backgrounds of environmental risk and disadvantage appear most likely to benefit from participation in mentoring programs. Outcomes for youth at-risk due to personal vulnerabilities have varied substantially in relation to program characteristics, with a noteworthy potential evident for poorly implemented programs to actually have an adverse effect on such youth. Recommendations include greater adherence to guidelines for the design and implementation of effective mentoring programs as well as more in-depth assessment of relationship and contextual factors in the evaluation of programs. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 727 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 29 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 2 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | <1% |
| Slovenia | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 684 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 140 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 121 | 17% |
| Researcher | 115 | 16% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 70 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 59 | 8% |
| Other | 132 | 18% |
| Unknown | 90 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 271 | 37% |
| Psychology | 178 | 24% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 28 | 4% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 27 | 4% |
| Arts and Humanities | 16 | 2% |
| Other | 90 | 12% |
| Unknown | 117 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 36. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 July 2023.
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