Grossman Jean B, Rhodes Jean E
Public/Private Ventures, Philadelphia, Pennyslvania 19103, USA.
Am J Community Psychol. 2002 Apr;30(2):199-219. doi: 10.1023/A:1014680827552.
The effects and predictors of duration in youth mentor relationships were examined. The study included 1,138 young, urban adolescents (Mean age 12.25), all of whom applied to Big Brothers Big Sisters programs. The adolescents were randomly assigned to either the treatment or control group, and administered questions at baseline and 18 months later Adolescents in relationships that lasted a year or longer reported the largest number of improvements, with progressively fewer effects emerging among youth who were in relationships that terminated earlier. Adolescents who were in relationships that terminated within a very short period of time reported decrements in several indicators of functioning. Older adolescents, as well as those who had been referred for services or had sustained emotional, sexual or physical abuse, were most likely to be in early terminating relationships, as were married volunteers aged 26-30 and those with lower incomes. Several dyadic factors were also found to be related to earlier terminations, including race, gender, and relationship quality.
研究考察了青少年导师关系持续时间的影响及预测因素。该研究纳入了1138名城市青少年（平均年龄12.25岁），他们均申请了“大哥哥大姐姐”项目。青少年被随机分配到治疗组或对照组，并在基线时和18个月后接受问卷调查。维持关系一年或更长时间的青少年报告的改善最多，而关系终止较早的青少年中出现的积极影响逐渐减少。在极短时间内关系就终止的青少年在几项功能指标上出现了下降。年龄较大的青少年，以及那些被转介接受服务或曾遭受情感、性或身体虐待的青少年，最有可能处于早期终止的关系中，26 - 30岁的已婚志愿者以及收入较低的志愿者也是如此。还发现了几个二元因素与关系的早期终止有关，包括种族、性别和关系质量。
