Abstract
This study examined the effectiveness of a behavioral mentoring program aimed at serving youth with psychiatric disorders. Participants included 30 youth (8-12 years old) receiving services in a mentoring program for a mental health population and 30 wait-listed youth and their maternal caregivers. Participating in mentoring services was related to higher family functioning across a number of domains including child behavior, parenting stress, perceived parent social support, and perceived parent-child relationship quality. As predicted, parenting stress mediated the relationship between mentoring and children's externalizing behavior problems. Results suggest that mentoring services may be a useful adjunct service for highly stressed families with children with emotional and behavioral disorders.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 43-58 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Child and Family Behavior Therapy |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 31 2006 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Keywords
- Child behavior
- Mentoring
- Parent-child relationship
- Parenting stress
- Social support
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Psychology(all)
- Clinical Psychology
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Mentoring youth with psychiatric disorders : The impact on child and parent functioning. / Jent, Jason F; Niec, Larissa N.
In: Child and Family Behavior Therapy, Vol. 28, No. 3, 31.08.2006, p. 43-58.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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KW - Parent-child relationship
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