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标题：Can Mentoring Promote Self-esteem and School Connectedness? An Evaluation of the Mentor-UP Project
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作者：Claudia Marino ; Massimo Santinello ; Michela Lenzi 等
期刊名称：Psychosocial Intervention
印刷版ISSN：1132-0559
出版年度：2020
卷号：29
期号：1
页码：1-9
DOI：10.5093/pi2019a13
出版社：Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid
摘要：Research in the United States has shown that youth mentoring is a promising strategy for increasing self-esteem and school connectedness in at-risk youth. There has been little confirmation of those findings internationally. The current study evaluates the impact of mentoring by trained university students on childrens self-esteem and school connectedness compared to schoolmates not involved in the program. Mentor-UP is a school- and community-based weekly mentoring program implemented in northern Italy over a period of seven months. Participants (209 students 34 in the experimental group and 175 in the comparison group aged between 11 and 13, 56% male, 27% immigrants) reported their levels of self-esteem and school connectedness at the beginning and at the end of the program. Results showed a significant increase in mentees self-esteem compared to the control group, while the difference in school-connectedness was nonsignificant. The findings support the effectiveness of Mentor-UP in nurturing youths self-esteem..
关键词：Youth mentoring; Self;esteem; School connectedness; Italy; Prevention programs.
其他关键词：Mentoría juvenil; Autoestima; Conexión escolar; Italia;Programas de prevención.