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Christine J Yeh1, Alison M Ching, Yuki Okubo
1Department of Counseling Psychology, School of Education, University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA 94117, USA. cjyeh@usfca.edu
Abstract:
The development and evaluation of a peer mentoring program for Chinese immigrant adolescents' cultural adjustment is described. Twenty-three high school students who recently immigrated from Mainland China participated in the year-long program and 4 high school students served as their peer mentors. Data analyses revealed that the students who participated in the mentoring program had significantly higher peer attachment-trust and need for closeness scores at post-test than at pre-test. Implications for working with adolescent immigrants are discussed.
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