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 (US) |
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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 |
Keywords
- Child behavior
- Mentoring
- Parent-child relationship
- Parenting stress
- Social support
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Psychology(all)
- Clinical Psychology