Investigating Effects of Mentoring for Youth with Assault Injuries: Results of a Randomized-Controlled Trial

Johnson, SL (通讯作者),Arizona State Univ, Sch Social & Family Dynam, Tempe, AZ 85281 USA.
2022-11
Mentoring is considered an evidence-based practice for violence prevention. This study presents a partial replication of the Take Charge! program implemented in partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBS). One hundred and eighty-eight early adolescents (M age = 12.87; 61.17% male) who were treated for peer-related assault injury in two urban mid-Atlantic emergency departments were randomly assigned to receive a mentor from two BBBS affiliates. Mentors and organization staff were trained in the Take Charge! violence prevention curriculum, which had previously shown evidence of efficacy. Intent-to-treat analyses showed statistically significant improvements in conflict avoidance self-efficacy for the intervention group at 9 months and reductions in fighting at 21 months, but an increase in parental report of aggression at 9 months. Complier average causal effect models revealed evidence of an additional effect for reduced problem behavior at 21 months for intervention adolescents who received a mentor. No effects were found for youth-reported aggression, retaliatory attitudes, deviance acceptance, or commitment to learning. Sensitivity analyses suggested increased aggressive behavior for adolescents in the intervention group who did not receive a mentor (i.e., non-compliers). These findings extend the evidence-base for Take Charge! as a violence prevention curriculum for youth already engaged in violence to real-world implementation settings. However, they also suggest that challenges associated with providing youth with mentors can be consequential and that additional supports may be needed for these youth/parents.
PREVENTION SCIENCE
卷号:23|期号:8|页码:1414-1425
ISSN:1389-4986|收录类别:SSCI
语种
英语
来源机构
Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe; Johns Hopkins University; Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Johns Hopkins University; University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Chicago; University of Illinois Chicago Hospital; University of Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania Medicine; Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia; Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
资助机构
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities(United States Department of Health & Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health (NIH) - USANIH National Institute on Minority Health & Health Disparities (NIMHD))
资助信息
This research was supported by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (grant P20MD000198). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
被引频次(WOS)
1
被引频次(其他)
1
180天使用计数
2
2013以来使用计数
2
EISSN
1573-6695
出版年
2022-11
DOI
10.1007/s11121-022-01406-z
WOS学科分类
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
学科领域
循证公共卫生
关键词
Violence prevention Mentoring Efficacy Assault injuries Early adolescents