Youth Initiated Mentoring: Investigating a New Approach to Working with Vulnerable Adolescents

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 155-169

  Schwartz, Sarah E O ^a   Rhodes, Jean E ^a   Spencer, Renée ^b   Grossman, Jean B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Dropouts; Mentoring; Mixed methods

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT; TEACHER; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTORS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT DROPOUTS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84881023777     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-013-9585-3     Document Type: Article

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