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    Can Mentoring Promote Self-esteem and School Connectedness? An Evaluation of the Mentor-UP Project

    Marino, Claudia
    Santinello, Massimo
    Lenzi, Michela
    Santoro, Paolo
    Bergamin, Marisa
    Gaboardi, Marta
    Calcagni, Antonio
    Altoe, Gianmarco
    Perkins, Douglas D.
    : http://hdl.handle.net/1803/15609
    : 2020-04

    Abstract

    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 children's 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 youth's self-esteem.
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