Background Community engagement has been advanced as a promising way of improving
health and reducing health inequalities; however, the approach is not yet supported by a …

Mentoring is one of the most commonly‐used interventions to prevent, divert, and remediate
youth engaged in, or thought to be at risk for delinquent behavior, school failure, aggression …

The transtheoretical model, in general, and the stages of change, in particular, have proven
useful in adapting or tailoring treatment to the individual. We define the stages and …

We used meta‐analysis to review 55 evaluations of the effects of mentoring programs on
youth. Overall, findings provide evidence of only a modest or small benefit of program …

Psikolojik saglamlık kavramı ve bu kavramın risk altındaki çocuklar üzerine yapılan
çalısmalara etkileri arastırmacılar tarafından son otuz yılda giderek artan bir ilgi odagı haline …

Cutting across the fields of psychology, management, education, counseling, social work,
and sociology, The Blackwell Handbook of Mentoring reveals an innovative, multi …

Natural mentors may play an important role in the lives of adolescents. We interviewed 770
adolescents from a large Midwestern city. Fifty-two percent reported having a natural mentor …

Objectives To conduct a meta-analytic review of selective and indicated mentoring
interventions for effects for youth at risk on delinquency and key associated outcomes …

We investigated a process‐oriented model of mentoring using data on 50 relationships in a
Big Brothers/Big Sisters program. Data were collected on a monthly basis from both mentors …

ADOLESCENCE, Vol. 37, No. 148, Winter-2002 Libra Publishers, Inc., 3089C Clairemont
Dr., PMB 383, s. Diego, CA 92117 substance abuse, demands on the welfare system, and …