Abstract Social capital plays a key role in college and career success, research indicates that dearth of on‐campus connections contributes to challenges first‐generation students face effectively navigating the environment. This study investigates novel intervention focuses on development skills attitudes empower cultivate social during transition college. A mixed methods, explanatory design was used evaluate impacts processes among ( n = 164) context an ethnically diverse, urban, public...

Objective: To use meta-analytic techniques to evaluating the effectiveness of parent–child interaction therapy (PCIT) at reducing future physical abuse among physically abusive families. Methods: A systematic search identified six eligible studies. Outcomes interest were recurrence, child potential, and parenting stress. Results: Parents receiving PCIT had significantly fewer recurrences greater reductions on Parenting Stress Index than parents in comparison groups. Reductions potential...

Youth-initiated mentoring (YIM), in which youth select adults from within their communities to serve as mentors relationships that are formalized through programs, has the potential redress problems faced by many programs could adversely affect system-involved youth, such volunteer attrition and premature match closures. However, only a few have implemented YIM, there is little research on this approach. This qualitative interview study examines formation of YIM how they experienced ( n =...

This study sought to examine how social class bias may be enacted by mentors and mentoring program staff within community-based youth relationships these biases influence the relationship. A narrative thematic analysis was conducted with interviews from mentors, mentees' parents/caregivers, representing 36 matches participating in a larger, prospective, mixed-methods examining factors associated early match closures. Findings indicate that although some were able partner family effectively...

More enduring formal youth mentoring relationships tend to be more effective, but our understanding of how such develop and are sustained remains limited. This prospective, qualitative study examined the development 67 one-to-one, community-based over a 2-year period. Data included interviews with mentors, youth, youth's parent/guardian across multiple time-points agency case notes. Five developmental trajectories were identified: (a) continued growth, (b) initial growth that plateaued, (c)...

Youth mentoring as a field of study has grown immensely in recent years, with hundreds peer-reviewed research articles on the subject. A key driver this interest is demonstrated ability youth to support positive mental health for minoritized youth. Three central theoretical models, published nearly twenty years ago, drive majority body research: systemic model, relational and mechanisms model. The present paper examines these models through conversation their authors presents reflections...

Building on previous work examining the three central theoretical models driving youth mentoring literature, present paper presents an updated conceptual framework how can equitably support health outcomes for young people, particularly minoritized or otherwise marginalized youth. Youth has been demonstrated to positive (e.g., mental health, well-being) all and a growing literature base match enthusiasm in findings. The core models, however, had not nearly 20 years. This starts with guiding...

Although there have been calls to expand mentoring as way redress the growing problem of economic immobility in United States, no study date has directly examined whether and mobility are related. Using multiple waves data from National Longitudinal Study Adolescent Health employing a propensity score matching approach, this quasi-experimental compares youth who report having had an informal adult mentor adolescence with those did not both low-income ( N = 795) middle-income 3,158) samples...

Abstract The Graduate Research Identity Development program (GRID) is an initiative in the College of Engineering at North Carolina A&T State University, sponsored by National Science Foundation since 2019. offers seminar-type lectures supplemented with activities designed to help graduate students develop critical skills for research-based careers. focused on engineering but open from all programs. Students also choose mentors within and outside university goal increasing their sense...

Abstract The importance of diversifying the national STEM workforce is well-established in literature (Marrongelle, 2018). This need extends to graduate education fields, leading [-------] invest considerably and wraparound support initiatives that help students build science identity competencies for careers both within beyond academia. NSF-funded Bridges Doctorate project will integrate culturally reflective mentoring professional development specifically designed Black, Latinx, Native...

Core and capital mentoring relationships have been demonstrated to be distinct types of that different characteristics, qualities the relationship, are linked outcomes among adolescents more generally. The present study adds this growing literature base by examining whether typology captures well experiences systems-involved youth. A thematic analysis interviews with young people about their youth-initiated relationship indicated had an explicit future-oriented nature them, a central focus...