Keith A. King|Rebecca A. Vidourek|Beth P Davis|Warren McClellan
Increasing Self?Esteem and School Connectedness Through a Multidimensional Mentoring Program
University of Cincinnati|University of Cincinnati|Healthy Start
abstract high levels selfesteem positive school peer family connections represent protective factors youth involvement risky behavior paper reports findings year one healthy kids mentoring program multidisciplinary mentoring program fourthgrade students midwestern public school october 2000 28 fourthgrade students admitted program based findings 55item survey distributed fourthgrade students n 283 regarding overall selfesteem school peer family connectedness involvement risky behavior program ran january 2000 may 2000 consisted four components 1 relationship building 2 selfesteem enhancement 3 goal setting 4 academic assistance pretestposttest data showed significant improvements posttest mentored students selfesteem levels positive connections school peers family mentored students also significantly less likely depressed involved bullying fighting posttest pretest compared nonmentored students mentored students reported significantly higher school family connectedness scores posttest recommendations effective mentoring program design offered