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The Test of Time: Predictors and Effects of Duration in Youth Mentoring Relationships
Year: 2002
Location: USA
Benchmark Categories: Creating the Match, Monitoring and Supporting the match, Program Planning and Design, Research and Evidence
The effects and predictors of duration in youth mentor relationships were examined. The study included 1,138 young, urban adolescents (Mean age = 12.25), all of whom applied to Big Brothers Big Sisters programs. The adolescents were randomly assigned to either the treatment or control group, and administered questions at baseline and 18 months later. Adolescents …
