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Download full textAscher, Carol – 1988
Planned mentoring programs, which purposefully link disadvantaged youth with someone older and more experienced, have become a popular means of providing adolescents with adult contacts, counselors, and role models. Mentoring programs vary widely in their objectives, and in the duration, frequency, and intensity of the planned relationship. The…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Child Relationship, Counseling, Disadvantaged Youth
Peer reviewedTankersley, Melody; And Others – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 1996
Effects of a school-based program to prevent antisocial behaviors that could lead to conduct disorder were assessed among 34 target students and 15 role-model peers in urban Head Start programs. Target students showed patterns of social interaction that began to mirror those of role-model peers, while nonparticipating control group students…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, At Risk Persons, Behavior Disorders, Interpersonal Competence
