Entries by Allison.Neumeyer001@umb.edu

Breathing Room in Mentorship: Adapting Mindfulness for Real-World Youth Programs

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Moran, M. J., Thompson, T., Miller, R. L., et al. (2025). Mindfulness training within a mentoring program for adolescents facing adversity: A mixed methods investigation of adaptation, fidelity, and acceptability. Mindfulness, 16, 1974–1993. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-025-02610-y Introduction Adolescents exposed to poverty, trauma, or systemic inequities are at heightened risk for mental health challenges. Embedding mindfulness into mentoring […]

Study Explores Mentoring, Social capital and Young people

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Comfort, C. (2024). Mentoring, social capital and young people. International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring, 22(2), 38–52. https://doi.org/10.24384/1ttg-gt35 Introduction Despite generally modest effect sizes reported in large-scale evaluations, young people often experience mentoring as deeply transformative. This qualitative study addresses the disconnect, centering mentee voices in the process. Comfort (2024) examines how mentoring […]

Reasons for premature closure of mentoring relationships: A qualitative study of mentoring youth with a visual impairment.

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Heppe, E. C. M., Kupersmidt, J. B., & Kef, S. (2021). Reasons for premature closure of a mentoring relationship: A qualitative study of mentoring youth with a visual impairment. Journal of Adolescent Research, 39(3), 711–745. https://doi.org/10.1177/07435584211034874 Introduction Mentoring is widely recognized as a powerful tool for promoting positive youth development, yet many relationships end earlier […]

What Mentors Can Learn from Wraparound Gang Interventions for High-Risk Youth

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Lee, C., & Wong, J. S. (2025). Strengths, barriers, and recommendations for a wraparound gang intervention program targeting high risk youth. Victims & Offenders, 20(1), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/15564886.2024.2408681 Introduction Gang involvement places youth at heightened risk for violence, trauma, justice system contact, and long-term developmental harm. Wraparound interventions aim to counter these risks by surrounding youth […]

Lessons From a Strengths-Based Arts Mentoring Program for Autistic Youth

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Lee, E. A. L., Milbourn, B., Afsharnejad, B., Chitty, E., Jannings, A.-M., Kealy, R., McWhirter, T., & Girdler, S. (2024). “We are all bringing, like a unique sort of perspective”: The core elements of a strengths-based digital arts mentoring program for autistic adolescents from the perspective of their mentors. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 71(6), 998–1014. […]

Positive Masculinity as Youth Violence Prevention: Implementation and Early Outcomes

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Green, F., Preece, C., Allen, K., Manzi, S., Mannes, J., Callaghan, L., Berry, V., Santana de Lima, E., Woodburn, A., Hobbs, T., Harris, J., & Axford, N. (2025). Promoting positive youth development with adolescent boys in UK schools: A theory-driven evaluation of the “Becoming a Man” programme. Journal of Prevention. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-025-00888-1 Introduction Youth violence, especially […]

Support and Stress: How Peer Dynamics Shape Teen Mental Health

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Carapeto, M. J., Agostinho, I., Grácio, L., & Santos, D. (2025). Between support and risk: The Dual Role of Peer Relationships in Adolescents’ Mental Health. Children, 12(1569). https://doi.org/10.3390/children12111569 Introduction Adolescence is a period of rapid developmental change and heightened vulnerability to mental health challenges. Carapeto and colleagues (2025) examined how Portuguese adolescents perceive the positive […]

Community, School, and Campus Mentoring Models in Ireland

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Brady, B., Duffy, L., Keenaghan, C., Morrissey, S., Flynn, P., & Crosse, R. (2025). Mentoring for access, retention, and student success: A profile of models developed by Irish higher education institutions. Irish Educational Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/03323315.2025.2568446 Introduction Brady and colleagues examined how Irish Higher Education Institutions (HEI) use mentoring to expand access, support retention, and foster […]

Profiles in Mentoring: Kelsey Deane on Effective Mentorships

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Kelsey Deane, PhD., is a Senior Lecturer in the Assessment and Evaluation Research Centre at the University of Melbourne. She specializes in evaluation theory and practice, community psychology, youth development and wellbeing, youth programming, youth-adult relationships, and youth work practice. Dr. Deane’s research primarily focuses on projects that can directly inform the quality of supports, […]

How Social Bonds Shape Girls’ Emotional Regulation

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Do, Q. B., McKone, K. M. P., Hamilton, J. L., Stone, L. B., Ladouceur, C. D., & Silk, J. S. (2025). The link between adolescent girls’ interpersonal emotion regulation with parents and peers and depressive symptoms: A real-time investigation. Development and Psychopathology, 37(1), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579423001359 Introduction Early adolescence is a period when social worlds expand […]