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| Title |
Youth with chronic health problems: how do they fare in main-stream mentoring programs?
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| Published in |
BMC Public Health, January 2018
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12889-017-5003-3 |
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| Authors |
Ellen L. Lipman, David DeWit, David L. DuBois, Simon Larose, Gizem Erdem |
| Abstract |
Youth with chronic physical health problems often experience social and emotional problems. We investigate the relationship between participation in the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada community-based mentoring programs (BBBS) and youth social and mood outcomes by youth health status. Youth newly enrolled in BBBS were classified by health status (one or more chronic physical health problems without activity limitation, n = 191; one or more chronic physical health problems with activity limitation, n = 94; no chronic health problem or activity limitation, n = 536) and mentoring status (yes/no) at 18 month follow-up. Youth outcomes measured at follow-up were social anxiety, depressed mood, and peer self-esteem. Youth with chronic health problems and activity limitation were more likely to live with two biological parents, use mental health or social services, and have parents who reported difficulties with depressed mood, social anxiety, family functioning and neighbourhood problems. At 18 month follow-up, mentored youth in this health status group experienced fewer symptoms of social anxiety and higher peer self-esteem compared to non-mentored youth. Mentored youth with chronic health problems without activity limitation and mentored youth with no health problems or limitations did not show significant improvements in social anxiety and peer self-esteem. Regardless of their health status, mentored youth reported fewer symptoms of depressed mood than non-mentored youth. Youth with chronic health problems, particularly those with activity limitation as well, demonstrate a capacity to experience social and mood benefits associated with mentoring. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 84 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 12 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 10% |
| Other | 7 | 8% |
| Researcher | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 11 | 13% |
| Unknown | 30 | 36% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 16 | 19% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 11 | 13% |
| Social Sciences | 6 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 4% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 7 | 8% |
| Unknown | 39 | 46% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 January 2018.
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#4,795
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#91,938
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#116
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