… This Study We examine the effects that natural mentors have on the lives of urban adolescents.
Our study builds upon previous research in this area in several ways. First, our sample is …

… This Study We examine the effects that natural mentors have on the lives of urban adolescents.
Our study builds upon previous research in this area in several ways. First, our sample is …

… For example, in her 1991 study of vulnerability and resilience, Luthar examined the effect
of various factors on resilience in 144 urban youth utilizing the Life Events Checklist, the …

… Stressors Among Inner City Youth Research suggests that individuals who are at a social …
urban, low-income, Latino adolescents. The current study examined whether natural mentoring …

… Resiliency theory also suggests that natural mentors can be … enable adolescents to form
relationships with natural mentors… with urban youth. American Journal of Community Psychology…

… in adulthood provided equal benefits of longerYduration relationships with natural mentors
during adolescence. In addition to relationship length, Hurd and Zimmerman indicated that …

… of social support that may enhance youth resilience. … Studies of at-risk youth and natural
mentoring relationships have primarily concentrated on youth in foster care and on adolescent …

… Other research has shown that adolescents with natural mentors have lower levels of
marijuana use and nonviolent delinquency, as well as higher levels of school attachment, school …

… natural mentoring relationships contribute to resilience in a sample of African American
adolescents … Although we did not find an association between mentor presence and substance …

… Research on resilience suggests that successful outcomes depend on a broad range of
other … research, a greater proportion of youth in this sample reported having a natural mentor. …