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  • Social Work
  • Developmental Psychology

Background:

  • Natural mentors provide crucial support to children.
  • Preadolescent children in out-of-home care often lack stable support systems.
  • Understanding natural mentoring in foster care is vital for child welfare.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe natural mentoring in preadolescent children in out-of-home care.
  • To examine associations between natural mentors and child characteristics.
  • To investigate the role of natural mentors in the foster care population.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional analysis of 263 preadolescent children in out-of-home care.
  • Caregiver ratings of social skills and child self-reports on relationships.
  • Data collected on demographics, maltreatment, placement, and psychosocial factors.

Main Results:

  • Approximately 50% of children had a natural mentor, most commonly school personnel.
  • Children with mentors were older, in congregate care, and had stronger peer attachments.
  • Children with mentors had shorter durations in care; sexual abuse was linked to less mentor contact.

Conclusions:

  • Natural mentoring is prevalent among preadolescent foster children.
  • Mentor presence is associated with specific child and placement characteristics.
  • Further longitudinal research is needed on natural mentoring's impact in foster care.