SynthesisAmerican journal of community psychology2018
Does Natural Mentoring Matter? A Multilevel Meta-analysis on the Association Between Natural Mentoring and Youth Outcomes.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Transitioning Youth Out of Homelessness: A Mixed Methods Community-Based Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Rent Subsidy and Mentoring Intervention in Three Canadian Cities
The Effectiveness of the Youth Initiated Mentoring Approach for Juvenile Delinquents
Who cites it
40 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A Meta-analysis of the Effects of Mentoring on Youth in Foster Care.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2021Pooled it
- Youth Initiated Mentoring: A Meta-analytic Study of a Hybrid Approach to Youth Mentoring.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2021Pooled it
- The Effects of Youth Mentoring Programs: A Meta-analysis of Outcome Studies.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2019Pooled it
- Boosters and Barriers to Implementation: Youth-Initiated Mentoring for Justice-Involved Youth.Journal of community psychology · 2025Trial
- "When I think about my future, I just see darkness": How youth exiting homelessness navigate the hazy, liminal space between socioeconomic exclusion and inclusion.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2023Trial
- Effect of Portable Rent Subsidies and Mentorship on Socioeconomic Inclusion for Young People Exiting Homelessness: A Community-Based Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2022Trial
- An overview of the Connect through PLAY trial to increase physical activity in underserved adolescents.Contemporary clinical trials · 2022Trial
- Examining the Role of Natural Mentors in the Relationship Between Childhood Abuse, Life Satisfaction, and Depression: Findings from Add Health.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2026Article
- Are non-parental supportive adults associated with indicators of contraceptive access for youth with child welfare involvement?Child abuse & neglect · 2026Article
- Stories of Childhood Trauma Experienced by Women Living Houseless: Deconstructing the Concept of Protection.Research in nursing & health · 2026Article
- The Role of Informal Mentors in Promoting Resilience of Latino/a Late Adolescents and Emerging Adults.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Exploring Profiles of Risk and Protective Factors Among Youth Mentees: For Whom Does Mentoring Work?Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2026Article
- A Person-Centered Approach to Examining Out-of-School Participation Among Black Adolescents and Its Association With Racial and Ethnic Identity.Journal of adolescence · 2026Article
- Understanding the Protective Role of Adolescent-Adult Relationships Among Minoritized Youths in Neighborhoods Impacted by Community Violence.Journal of adolescent research · 2025Article
- A demographic analysis of developmental assets, misconduct behaviours, and depression among New Zealand youth in mentoring relationships.Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand · 2025Article
- Building blocks for a happy life: Longitudinal associations between early life income, mentorship and later well-being.American journal of community psychology · 2024Article
- Revisiting Associations Among Parent and Adolescent Religiosity and Early Adolescent Suicide Risk in the United States.Journal of religion and health · 2024Article
- Universal, School-Based Mental Health Program Implemented Among Racially and Ethnically Diverse Youth Yields Equitable Outcomes: Building Resilience for Healthy Kids.Community mental health journal · 2023Article
- Exploring the Impact of Racism on Black Youth: A Multidimensional Examination of Discriminatory Experiences Across Place and Time.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2023Article
- Mobile fNIRS for exploring inter-brain synchrony across generations and time.Frontiers in neuroergonomics · 2023Article
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Abstract
In this meta-analytic review, we examined the relation between natural mentoring and youth outcomes in four domains: academic and vocational functioning, social-emotional development, physical health, and psychosocial problems. Natural mentoring relationships are thought to foster positive youth development and buffer against the risks associated with the tumultuous years of adolescence. Two separate meta-analyses were conducted on the presence of a natural mentor and the quality of the natural mentoring relationship, including thirty studies from 1992 to present. The findings indicated that the presence of a natural mentor was significantly associated with positive youth outcomes (r = .106). A larger effect size was found for the quality of the natural mentoring relationship in terms of relatedness, social support, and autonomy support (r = .208). The largest effect sizes were found for social-emotional development and academic and vocational functioning. Risk-status (e.g., teenage mothers, homeless youth, youth in foster care, and youth of alcoholic parents) did not moderate the relation between presence and quality of natural mentoring relationships and youth outcomes, which may indicate that natural mentors are generally beneficial for all youth regardless of risk-status. Implications for theory and practice concerning the quality of the natural mentoring relationship are discussed.
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