Effectiveness Study of a Swedish Youth Mentoring Program
Substance Use
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Substance Use focused on measuring Youth mentoring, Effectiveness, Sweden, low-risk youth
Eligibility Criteria
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
Sites / Locations
- Mentor Sweden
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Mentoring program
Control group
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.
No intervention provided, only brief phone calls to control for attention bias