Youth mentoring is a potentially powerful tool for prevention and intervention, but it has
garnered little attention from clinical child and adolescent psychologists. For decades, the …

We explored associations between natural mentoring relationship profiles and young adults'
life satisfaction and symptoms of depression via participants' perceived support from …

In the present study, we investigated whether fathers' and mothers' parenting behavior is
differentially related to parental factors (such as age and employment), child factors (age …

Neighborhood characteristics have been shown to impact child well-being. However, it
remains unclear how these factors combine with family characteristics to influence child …

Becoming a mother is often accompanied by a loss of social connections, which can reduce
the availability of social support. This can increase maternal stress with negative health …

WHILE IT IS GENERALLY RECOGNISED that early childhood programs play an important
role in increasing positive outcomes for children, families and society, there is very little …

Supportive relationships with non-parental adult role models (aka informal mentors) are
important contributors to positive development for children. Absent from research on informal …

Aim Media use may strengthen parents' capacities to deal with parenting issues. This study
examined which factors are associated with media use for parenting information. Design …

Contemporary society is characterized by social isolation, polarization, and increased
mobility. For many families, naturally-occurring support systems are changing and possibly …

Objective To assess parents' perceptions of barriers and facilitators to promoting informal
mentoring relationships for their children with caring adults in their existing social network …