Wirkungsnachweis aus der Literatur

Mittelfristig (1 bis 5 Jahre)
Mikro (Individuum)
Psychisch & Physiologisch

The study showed positive trends in relation to drug and alcohol use.

Gesundheit

Though not statistically significant, there were promising indications from the data that young people matched with a mentor were less likely to have initiated drug or alcohol use than those not mentored.

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.
Risk behaviour: Misconduct scale, developed by Brown et al (1986, Note: This is a secondary source. For more information, please check the bibliography of Dolan et al 2010), was used to assess self-reported behaviour in relation to skipping school without permission, hitting people, taking something without paying for it and alcohol and tobacco use.; Alcohol and Cannabis Use: Three questions employed in national surveys of health behaviour in Irish schoolaged children (HBSC) were included to facilitate comparison between this cohort and the national norms.
study sample: 164 young people, 84 in the intervention group, rest in the control group
2-year period (October 2007 to October 2009)