Table 1.

Impact of Mentoring Relationship Quality on Youth Behaviors

	Social skillsb		Bullying involvementc		School competenced		Tardy/ absente
Indicator of mentor- mentee relationship quality	β	(SE)	β	(SE)	β	(SE)	β	(SE)
Relationship qualitya	0.41**	(0.09)	−0.18*	(0.09)		(0.09)	-	(0.14)
					0.34**		0.19*
R2	0.22		0.13		0.20		0.11

Notes:

Boldface indicates statistical significance (*p< 0.05; **p< 0.01).

Table shows results from multivariable regression models controlling for: youth age, youth sex, youth race (white, black, other), free/reduced lunch status, two parent household (vs. not), mentor age, mentor race (white vs. other) and length of match.

^aRelationship quality scale; 6 items; alpha=0.73; example item: I feel close to my Little [mentee]; response options: 1 Strongly disagree to 5 Strongly agree.

^bSocial skills scale; 3 items; alpha=0.71; example item: My Little [mentee] is hard to get along with; response options; 1 Not at all true to 5 Very true (reverse-coded).

^cBullying involvement; 2 items; r=0.35; example item: My Little [mentee] picked on or bullied others at school or in his/her neighborhood; response options; 1 Never to 5 Very often.

^dSchool competence scale; 4 items; alpha=0.74; example item: My Little [mentee] worked hard at school; response options: 1 Never to 5 Very often.

^eTardy/absent measure; 1 item; My Little [mentee] is late to school or skips school; response options; 1 Not at all true to 5 Very true.

β, beta coefficient