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

Formal community-based youth mentoring relationships (CBM) are a popular form of
intervention worldwide in which caring, non-parental adult figures are matched with at-risk …

College students' supportive relationships with mentors—professors, advisors, and other
caring adults to whom students turn as they develop their interests and career paths—are …

We document a largely unrecognized pathway through which schools promote human
capital development–by fostering informal mentoring relationships between students and …

Previous research suggests that youth's natural mentoring relationships are associated with
better academic, vocational, and psychosocial functioning. However, little is known about …

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 …

Community Psychology, 6th Edition offers an easy-to-navigate, clearly organized, and
comprehensive overview of the field, with theoretical roots that carry over to practical …

Social capital plays a key role in college students' academic and career success. Using a
random assignment design, the current study evaluated the impacts of a one-credit college …

Longitudinal studies suggest that naturally occurring mentoring relationships are associated
with positive, long‐term educational outcomes, but little is known about the mechanisms …

Social capital strengthens emerging adults' ability to reach life goals, but little is known about
how peers and near-peers (slightly older and/or more experienced peers who serve in …