The measures to contain the spread of COVID‐19 are challenging for youth, especially the
social isolation measures. These measures are antagonistic to healthy youth development …

The core purpose of Youth-Initiated Mentoring (YIM) is to adopt a more collaborative
approach to mentoring by inviting youth to nominate and select their own mentors. This …

Abstract Background The Covid-19 pandemic may have had negative effects on youth and
parental mental health, especially in high-risk populations such as multi-problem families …

This meta-analysis aimed to examine the effectiveness of interventions for youth that activate
the social network for improving youth outcomes (eg psychological problems, child safety). A …

Although adolescents have lower COVID-19 infection rates compared with adults, the
pandemic is taking a toll on young people's mental health. There have been multiple reports …

Social support is associated with positive physical and psychological health outcomes for
youth. We took a qualitative approach to examine the sources, forms, and functions of social …

Mentoring is a highly individualized educational measure that can support youth
development in communities, schools, and talent domains. Depending on the target …

This study examined the effectiveness of LET's CONNECT (LC), a community mentorship
program based on the positive youth development model. Participants were 218 youth …

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

This commentary on the study by McCoy et al.(2023) examining the negative effects of
neighborhood violence on the development of toddlers growing up in the city of São Paulo …