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YouthFriends: outcomes from a school-based mentoring program.

Sharon G Portwood1, Penny M Ayers, Kelly E Kinnison

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, USA. portwoods@umkc.edu

The Journal of Primary Prevention
|June 25, 2005
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School-based mentoring programs like YouthFriends show promise in improving students' school connection and goal-setting, especially for at-risk youth. Further research on mentoring dosage and quality is recommended.

Area of Science:

  • Educational Psychology
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Public Health

Background:

  • School-based mentoring is explored as a universal prevention strategy.
  • The impact of mentoring on students with risk factors is examined.
  • YouthFriends, a specific school-based mentoring program, is the focus of this evaluation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the effectiveness of the YouthFriends school-based mentoring program.
  • To determine the impact of mentoring on students displaying risk factors.
  • To assess the program's effects on students' sense of school membership, community connectedness, goal-setting, and academic performance.

Main Methods:

  • A pretest-posttest control group design was employed.
  • 170 students across five school districts participated.

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  • Data were collected on eight dependent variables.

    • Main Results:

    • A statistically significant improvement in sense of school membership was observed in the YouthFriends group compared to controls.
    • Students with low baseline scores showed significant improvements in community connectedness and goal-setting unique to the YouthFriends program.
    • Positive effects on academic performance were noted for YouthFriends participants with low baseline grades.

    Conclusions:

    • School-based mentoring, as a universal prevention strategy, may yield limited short-term effects.
    • Mentoring showed positive impacts on specific student subgroups, including those with risk factors.
    • Further research is needed to understand the influence of mentoring dosage and quality on program efficacy across diverse student populations.