@article{ref1,
title="Factors associated with successful mentor matching in an intervention study of youth violence",
journal="Journal of community psychology",
year="2021",
author="Lindstrom Johnson, Sarah and Cheng, Tina and Lennon, Tyler and Manning Ryan, Leticia and Fein, Joel and Jones, Vanya",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="One challenge of conducting intervention studies is ensuring that study participants are exposed to the intervention. For example, in our randomized controlled trial of  Take Charge!, a mentor-implemented and research-informed violence prevention program  that partners with one-on-one community-based mentoring agencies, only 50% of  intervention youth with fight-related injuries were successfully matched with a  mentor. We examined the differences between matched (n = 49) and unmatched (n = 49)  youth with regard to demographics, time from injury to study enrollment, perceived  seriousness of injury, belief that future injury can be avoided, and household  chaos. Youth who were successfully matched with a mentor were more likely to  perceive the injury as very serious or somewhat serious compared with unmatched  youth (95.9% vs. 79.6%, p = .028). All other factors were not significantly  associated with successful mentor matching. Future violence prevention interventions  should consider youth perceptions as a factor that may influence the completion of  desired interventions.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0090-4392",
doi="10.1002/jcop.22503",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22503"
}