Abstract
This study evaluated the effectiveness of a group mentoring program that included components of empirically supported mentoring and cognitive behavioral techniques for children served at a community mental health center. Eighty-six 8- to 12-year-old children were randomly assigned to either group mentoring or a wait-list control group. Group mentoring significantly increased children's reported social problem-solving skills and decreased parent-reported child externalizing and internalizing behavior problems after controlling for other concurrent mental health services. Attrition from the group mentoring program was notably low (7%) for children. The integration of a cognitive behavioral group mentoring program into children's existing community mental health services may result in additional reductions in externalizing and internalizing behavior problems.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 203-219 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Child and Family Behavior Therapy |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 2009 |
Keywords
- Children
- Emotional and behavioral problems
- Group mentoring
