The Role of School‐based Group Mentoring in Promoting Resilience among Vulnerable High School Students
| Autor: | Gabriel P. Kuperminc, Claudia A. Delbasso, Wing Yi Chan, Hannah Joseph, Katherine E. Hale |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Georgia Health (social science) Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject education Youth mentoring Developmental psychology 03 medical and health sciences Ethnicity ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Asset (economics) Students Applied Psychology media_common Selection bias Schools 030505 public health Mentors 05 social sciences Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Mentoring Resilience Psychological School dropout Prosocial behavior Propensity score matching Female School based Psychological resilience 0305 other medical science Psychology Program Evaluation 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Community Psychology. 65:136-148 |
| ISSN: | 1573-2770 0091-0562 |
| Popis: | This study examined the role of participation in a year-long school-based group mentoring program, Project Arrive (PA), on increasing resilience during the first year of high school among students identified as being at high risk for school dropout. Participants were 114, ninth grade students taking part in one of 32 PA mentoring groups, and 71 statistically matched comparison students (53% male, 75% eligible for free/reduced-price lunch, 62% Latinx). Using a propensity score with inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW) to reduce selection bias, and a multi-level model to account for non-independence of data within mentoring groups, we examined changes from pre-test to program exit on seven external resilience resources (developmental supports and opportunities) and four internal resilience assets (personal strengths). At program exit, PA participants had higher adjusted means than comparisons on six external resources, including school support, school belonging, school meaningful participation, peer caring relationships, prosocial peers, and home meaningful participation. PA participants also had higher adjusted means on one internal asset, problem solving. Results point to the promise of group mentoring as an approach for increasing resilience among academically vulnerable adolescents. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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