Mentoring youth with psychiatric disorders: The impact on child and parent functioning

Jason F. Jent; Larissa N. Niec

doi:10.1300/J019v28n03_03

Mentoring youth with psychiatric disorders: The impact on child and parent functioning

Jason F. Jent, Larissa N. Niec

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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)
Pages (from-to)	43-58
Number of pages	16
Journal	Child and Family Behavior Therapy
Volume	28
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1300/J019v28n03_03
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

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