A research study of youth mentoring

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Social and emotional skills; Not Applicable

• Registration Number: ISRCTN76496069
• Lead Sponsor: Youth Endowment Fund

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2023-03-28
• Last Update Posted: 29 January 2024
• Study Completion: 2024-01-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 744

Inclusion Criteria

The eligibility criteria for the recruitment of young people to the efficacy trial will be:
1. Young people aged between 10 and 14 years, or up to 17 years by exception, with no more than 30% of the young people aged 15 to 17 years per youth agency
2. Young people exhibit at least one of the Youth Endowment Fund-listed risk factors for youth violence
3. Youth agency deems the young person at a suitable level of need to benefit from 12 weeks of mentoring and not to be put at risk if allocated to the waiting list

Exclusion Criteria

The only exclusion criterion is if a young person is facing immediate risk or crisis, or if being on a waiting list would be potentially harmful. Youth agencies are responsible for determining the threshold of cases that they put forward for the trial.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified