Wirkungsnachweis aus der Literatur

Mittelfristig (1 bis 5 Jahre)
Mikro (Individuum)
Sozial

Mentoring increases young people’s sense of hope

psychosoziales Befinden

Young people with a mentor had consistently higher levels of hope across the study period than young people without a mentor. […] Furthermore, young people who report higher levels of hope appear to be less at risk of experiencing increases in internalising behaviour problems and reductions in life satisfaction when confronted with adverse life events. These findings, therefore, suggest that higher levels of hope are associated with greater academic and psychological functioning among young people and that instilling hope in children and young people can strengthen their resilience and capacity to deal with difficulties they may experience in life.

Beschreibung der Aktivität

Big Brothers Big Sisters youth mentoring programme
The core component of the programme is a "match" or friendship between an adult volunteer ("the mentor") and a young person ("the mentee"), with the pair meeting once a week for a year or more to engage in outings or activities and receive ongoing support from programme staff.
Großbritannien
BBBS: young people aged 10-18 years, RCT: 10 to 14
teilnehmende Kinder und Jugendliche

Evaluierung der Aktivität

This large-scale, mixed methods study, conducted over a period of 2 years, is one of the most comprehensive ever undertaken in relation to service provision for young people in Ireland. There are three components in the overall study: • a randomised control trial (RCT) study of the impact of the BBBS mentoring programme on the development of youth in the community over a 2-year period; • a review of programme implementation; • a qualitative assessment of match processes and the perspectives of stakeholders.
Emotional well-being: Children’s Hope Scale, modified from Snyder et al (1997, Note: This is a secondary source. For more information, please check the bibliography of Dolan et al 2010), taps children’s sense of their own agency (ability to take control) and their perceived capability to come up with pathways through which they can achieve their goals; Social Acceptance sub-scale of Harter’s (1985, Note: This is a secondary source. For more information, please check the bibliography of Dolan et al 2010) self-perception profile for children examines their sense of acceptance by peers.
study sample: 164 young people, 84 in the intervention group, rest in the control group
2-year period (October 2007 to October 2009)