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Direct linkBuskirk-Cohen, Allison – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2012
As children move into adolescence, two important and contradictory changes regarding peer groups and psychopathology occur. While friendships become characterized more by emotional support than they did in earlier years (especially so for girls), rates for internalizing disorders, particularly depression, increase (again, especially so for…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Females, Depression (Psychology), Males
Marshall, Jenna H.; Lawrence, Edith C.; Peugh, James – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2013
In this study, we examined the effectiveness of peer support for college women mentors who engaged in one-to-one and group mentoring with at-risk adolescent girls. Using data from 162 mentoring pairs, results suggested that mentor support positively predicted mentees' self-reported improvement after a year of mentoring. An examination of mentees'…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Mentors, At Risk Students, Peer Groups
