Deconstructing "Risk" in Youth Mentoring Programs: How Environmental Stressors and Presenting Challenges Shape Mentoring Relationship Outcomes

Autor/inn/en	Poon, Cyanea Y. S.; Herrera, Carla; Jarjoura, Roger; McQuillin, Samuel D.; Keller, Thomas E.; Rhodes, Jean E.
Titel	Deconstructing "Risk" in Youth Mentoring Programs: How Environmental Stressors and Presenting Challenges Shape Mentoring Relationship Outcomes
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Adolescence, 42 (2022) 6, S.793-821 (29 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Poon, Cyanea Y. S.) ORCID (Herrera, Carla)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-4316
DOI	10.1177/02724316221078833
Schlagwörter	Risk; Mentors; Interpersonal Relationship; Profiles; Youth Programs; Stress Variables; Referral; Barriers; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Correlation; Environmental Influences; Interpersonal Competence; Measures (Individuals); Scores; Juvenile Justice; Delinquency; Prevention; National Organizations; Behavior Problems; Child Behavior; Questionnaires; Screening Tests; Family Relationship; Financial Problems; Likert Scales; Family Characteristics; Institutionalized Persons; Homeless People; Foster Care; Mobility; Substance Abuse; Educational Background; Neighborhoods; Parent Child Relationship; Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Risiko; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Jugendsofortprogramm; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Korrelation; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Messdaten; Jugendgerichtshilfe; Kriminalität; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Fragebogen; Screening-Verfahren; Likert-Skala; Homeless person; Homeless persons; Obdachloser; Pflegehilfe; Mobilität; Mobilitätsförderung; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Vorbildung; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung
Abstract	Youth referred to mentoring programs vary considerably in the range and severity of difficulties (i.e., behavioral, internalizing, social and academic) and environmental challenges they face. However, their patterns of risk and corresponding consequences for mentoring have rarely been investigated. This study draws on data for youth participants in 30 mentoring programs (n = 2,165, 55.1% females) to examine patterns of presenting challenges. Four profiles emerged using three-step latent profile analyses. Profiles with more intensive symptoms were associated with more environmental stressors. Moreover, there were significant differences between profiles in youth-perceived relationship attributes, including closeness, youth-centeredness, growth focus and mentor-mentee relational health. The profile with the highest externalizing and social challenge indicators scored the lowest across these four relational indices. The results highlight variability of youth risk at baseline, and its differential impact on mentoring relationship outcomes. Implications for mentoring programs are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01