Program Evaluation

Results of a wide range of mentoring and youth development program evaluations are presented in these articles.

New Research Shows Attunement Training Reshapes How Staff Support Mentors

Pryce, J., Gentile, J., Lotz, C., Colindres…

Can a Mentor Fix a Teen’s Health Habits? New Study Says Maybe

Arlinghaus, K. R., Stuenkel, K., Gadient, J., Bell, A. N., Goodman,…

New Review Highlights What Makes Nature-Based Youth Programs Actually Work

Garst, B. A., Vanic, M., Melton, T. N., Foster, C., & Bowers,…

Decade-Long Mentoring Program Shows Small Wins in Childhood—Bigger Test Still to Come

Eddy, J. M., Martinez, C. R., Jr., Herrera, D., Wheeler, A.,…

How the Gender Mentoring Program Is Dismantling Institutional Gender Inequality

Pellizzoni, S., De Bonis, G., Masullo, M. R., & Gargano,…

Closing the Rural Mental Health Gap: New Findings Support Training Mentors as Prevention Providers

Gunlicks-Stoessel, M., Weiler, L. M., Choy-Brown, M., Rydberg,…

Student Feedback in South African University Exposes Hidden Gaps in University Mentoring Programs

Ravhuhali, F., & Tshililo, T. Y. (2026). Harnessing survey…

Why Some Mentoring Programs Scale Nationally While Others Stay Small: A Cross-Cultural Study of Two School-Based Mentoring Programs

Bufali, M. V., Calò, F., Morton, A., & Connelly, G. (2026).…

Girls in Sport Need More Than Role Models: What Organizational Staff Say About Mentoring’s Missing Structures

Hummell, C., & Bean, C. (2026). Mentoring for the positive…

What Do School-Based Mentoring Programs Actually Accomplish? New Systematic Review of the Evidence

Tiraieyari N and Krauss S (2026) Outcome domains…