Issue No. 6 - Spring 2011

This issue spotlights the effect of school-based mentoring on young people. We also look at the following articles:

• Hickman, Gregory and Deidre Wright. 2011. “Academic and School Behavioral Variables as Predictors of High School Graduation Among At-Risk Adolescents Enrolled in a Youth-Based Mentoring Program.” The Journal of At-Risk Issues 16(1): 25-33.
• Spencer, Renne, Mary Elizabeth Collins, Rolanda Ward, Svetlana Smashnaya. 2010. “Mentoring for Young People Leaving Foster Care: Promise and Potential Pitfalls.” Social Work 55(3): 225-234.
• William, Charles A. 2011. “Mentoring and Social Skills Training: Ensuring Better Outcomes for Youth in Foster Care.” Child Welfare 90(1): 59-74.
• Sanchez, Bernadette, Patricia Esparza, Luciano Berardi and Julia Pryce. 2011. “Mentoring in the Context of Latino Youth's Broader Village During Their Transition From High School.” Youth Society 43(1): 225-252.

Issue No. 5 - Winter 2011

This issue spotlights whether programs should include parents in the mentoring process. We also look at the following articles:

• Rhodes, Jean E. and Renne Spencer. 2010. “Structuring mentoring relationships for competence, character and purpose.” New Directions for Youth Development 126: 149-152.
• Whitney, Stephen D., Elise N. Hendricker, and Cheryl A. Offutt. 2011. “Moderating Factors of Natural Mentoring Relationships, Problem Behaviours, and Emotional Well-being.” Mentoring and Tutoring; Partnerships in Learning 19(1): 83-105.
• Grossman, Jean B., Christian S. Chan, Sarah E.O. Schwartz, Jean E. Rhodes. 2011. “The Test of Time in School-Based Mentoring: The Role of Relationship Duration and Re-Matching on Academic Outcomes.” American Journal of Psychology. Published on line.
• O’Neill, Kevin D., Mahboubeh Asgari, and Yi Ran Dong. 2011. “Trade-Offs Between Perceptions of Success and Planned Outcomes in an Online Mentoring Program.” Mentoring and Tutoring; Partnerships in Learning 19(1): 45-63.

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Issue No. 4 - Autumn 2011

This issue spotlights mentoring through a global lens. We also look at the following articles:

• Lee, Joanna M., Lauren J. Germain, Edith C. Lawrence, and Jenna H. Marshall. 2010. “ ‘It opened my mind, my eyes. It was good.’ Supporting College Students’ Navigation of Difference in a Youth Mentoring Program.” Educational Horizons 89(1): 33-46.
• Hughes, Carolyn, Elizabeth Boyd and Sara J. Dykstra. 2010. “Evaluation of a University-Based Mentoring Program: Mentors’ Perspectives on a Service-Learning Experience.” Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning 18(4): 361-382.
• Torres, Rodrigo S., Gary W. Harper, Bernadette Sanchez, M. Isabel Fernandez. 2011. “Examining Natural Mentoring Relationships (NMRs) among Self-Identified Gay, Bisexual, and Questioning (GBQ) Male Youth.” Children and Youth Services Review, in press.
• Smith, Laureen. 2011. “Piloting the use of teen mentors to promote a healthy diet and physical activity among children in Appalachia.” Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing 16: 16-26.

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Issue No. 3 - Summer 2011

This issue reviews articles from Play, Talk, Learn. Promising Practices in Youth Mentoring New Directions for Youth Development, No. 126 (2010) , edited by Michael Karcher and Michael Nakkula.

Articles include:

• Karcher, Michael J. and Michael J. Nakkula. 2010. “Youth mentoring with a balanced focus, shared purpose, and collaborative interactions.” New Directions for Youth Development No. 126: 13-32 
• Pryce, Julia M., Naida Silverthorn, Bernadette Sanchez and David DuBois. 2010. “GirlPOWER! Strengthening mentoring relationships through a structured, gender-specific program.” New Directions for Youth Development No. 126: 89-105. 
• Karcher, Michael J., Carla Herrera and Keoki Hansen. 2010. “ ‘I dunno what do you want to do’: Testing a framework to guide mentor training and activity selection.” New Directions for Youth Development No. 126: 51-69. 
• Cavell, Timothy A. and Joye L. Henrie. 2010. “Deconstructing serendipity: Focus, purpose and authorship in lunch buddy mentoring.” New Directions for Youth Development No. 126: 107-121.

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Issue No. 2 - Spring 2010

This issue spotlights the impact of youth mentoring on young people in the foster care system. We also look at the following articles:

• Wheeler, Marc E, Thomas E. Keller and David L Dubois. 2010. “Review of Three Recent Randomized Trials of School-Based Mentoring.” Social Policy Report 24(8): 1-21
• Durlak, Joseph A. and Roger P. Weissberg. 2010. “A Meta-Analysis of After School Programs that Seek to Promote Personal and Social Skills in Children and Adolescents.” American Journal of Community Psychology 45: 294-309
• Renick, Thomson, Nicole and Debra H. Zand. 2010. “Mentees’ Perception of Their Interpersonal Relationships: The Role of the Mentor-Youth Bond.” Youth Society 41:434-445

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Issue No. 1 - Winter 2010

This issue spotlights the impact of youth mentoring on the academic achievement of at-risk youth. We also look the following articles:

• DiRenzon, Marco S., Frank Linnehan, Ping Shao and William L. Rosenbery (2010) “A moderated mediation model of e-mentoring.” Journal of Vocational Behavior, 76: 292-305.
• Rhodes, Jean, Renne Spence and Belle Liang. (2009) “First Do No Harm: Ethical Principles for Youth Mentoring Relationships.” Professional Psychology: Practice and Research, 40(5): 452-458. 
• Deutsch, Nancy L. and Renee Spencer (2009) “Capturing the magic: Assessing the quality of youth mentoring relationships.” New Directions for Youth Development 121: 47-70.
• Greeson, Johanna KP, Lynn Usher and Michal Grinstein-Weiss (2010) “One adult who is crazy about you: Can natural mentoring relationships increase assets among young adults with and without foster care experience?” Children and Youth Services Review 32: 565-577

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