Effectiveness Study of a Swedish Youth Mentoring Program

March 5, 2016 updated by: Maria Bodin, Karolinska Institutet

A Randomized Effectiveness Trial of a One-to-one, Adult-to-youth Mentoring Program in Sweden

This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of a one-to-one, adult-to-youth primary preventive mentoring program in Sweden. Outcome domains and criteria for inclusion and exclusion of study participants are elaborated in collaboration with the providing NGO, and the program is given as customary.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

128

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Sweden
      • Stockholm, Sweden, 11435
        • Mentor Sweden

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

14 years to 14 years (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • a self-reported need of the youth for additional adult contacts

Exclusion Criteria:

  • current or past regular use of illicit drugs
  • repeated delinquent behaviour or single acts of violence against persons
  • ongoing contacts with psychiatric care or social services

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Mentoring program
Mentor and mentee meet at least every second week, for 2-4 h on every occasion, during 1 year (i.e., for a minimum of two school semesters). Meetings take place outside school and work hours, and the pairs choose activities of their own preferences. No monetary incentives exist, and the mentors are laymen volunteers. The program objective is to establish a safe and supportive relationship, by which the youth is assumed to benefit in social, emotional, and academic development, and as a consequence, be less prone to use alcohol and drugs.
Behavioral: Youth Mentoring program
No Intervention: Control group
No intervention provided, only brief phone calls to control for attention bias

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Self-reported substance use
Time Frame: One year
Self-reported substance use among youth
One year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Youth delinquency
Time Frame: One year
Self-reported delinquency among youth
One year

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Karolinska Institutet

Collaborators

Region Stockholm
Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, Sweden

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Maria C Bodin, PhD, Centre for Psychiatry Research Stockholm, Karolinska Institutet/Stockholm County Council Health Care Provision

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

October 1, 2007

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2009

Study Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2009

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 7, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 7, 2010

First Posted (Estimate)

June 8, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

March 8, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 5, 2016

Last Verified

March 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Dnr 238/2006:34

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

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