Introduces special issue on peer-led interventions that reflects upon international interest in harnessing the knowledge and skills of young people to current topics of concern. Issue addresses the cultural and social influences on the ways in which society accommodates the concept of providing real opportunities for young people to demonstrate…

This paper presents a series of propositions concerning processes that are at work in mentoring relationships, with each proposition accompanied by a brief discussion of the theory and research on which it is based. Examples are provided of the role of mentoring in the development of creative individuals. The propositions cover the following…

This paper explores and highlights the importance of social, cultural, and behavioral contexts in the effectiveness of mentoring relationships. A first section looks at growing up in American and the varieties of personal and social development that are found. This section argues against viewing adolescents as similar across the boundaries of…