In this meta‐analytic review, we examined the relation between natural mentoring and youth
outcomes in four domains: academic and vocational functioning, social‐emotional …

Social support is a well-recognised protective factor for children's mental health. Whilst many
interventions exist that seek to mobilise social support to improve children's mental health …

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 …

Youth initiated mentoring is a hybrid approach that empowers youth to identify and recruit
natural mentors, potentially combining the strengths of informal mentoring relationships with …

Objective This multilevel meta-analysis compared the outcomes of Treatment Foster Care
Oregon for Adolescents (TFCO-A) and home-based treatment programs (HBT) with …

Care leavers often have a smaller network and receive less social support than other youth.
This is problematic, as research highlights the importance of having a strong social network …

This qualitative interview study examined experiences of youth-initiated mentoring
relationships (YIM) among youth transitioning out of the foster care system. YIM is an …

This study explored how mentoring begins and the benefits provided for African American
sexual and/or gender minority (SGM) youth. Participants were mentors and mentees living in …

In the last few years, the number of unaccompanied youths arriving in Europe has increased
steadily. During their settlement in host countries, they are exposed to a great variety of …

This qualitative study explores the youth-initiated mentoring (YIM) approach for youth at risk
for out-of-home placement. In this approach, a youth nominates someone from within their …