Journal article
Predictors of early versus late match relationship beginnings in Big Brothers Big Sisters community programs
Abstract
This study examined patterns and predictors of early versus late match relationship beginnings involving youth and adult volunteer mentors participating in Canadian Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) community mentoring programs. Survival and multinomial logistic regression models were estimated on a sample of 845 youth approved for service from 20 mentoring agencies. Results showed that just over half of the youth (53%) had been paired with a …
Authors
De Wit DJ; Lipman EL; da Costa J; Graham K; Larose S; Pepler D; Coyle J; DuBois D; Manzano-Munguia M; Ferro A
Journal
Children and Youth Services Review, Vol. 61, , pp. 281–287
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
February 2016
DOI
10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.01.004
ISSN
0190-7409