Summary Of Mentoring Relationship And Programs For Youth

In the article “Mentoring Relationships and Programs for Youth,” the authors discuss the growing rate of peer mentoring programs such as Big Brother Big Sisters of America, as well as discuss prior research done on the way in which peer mentoring groups are conducted. The Authors discussed the findings of DuBois and Silverthorn which concluded that having a peer mentor lead to success in education and work, mental health, problem behavior, and health later in life. Studies conducted after DuBois and Silverthorn concluded that the difference in behavior between adolescents who have mentor and adolescents who do not, is relatively ineffective. These studies also show that once these relationships end, the behavior of the adolescent goes back