Assessing the Impact of Parental Characteristics, Parental Attitudes, and Parental Engagement on Mentoring Relationship Outcomes, Louisville, Kentucky, and Kentuckiana, 2014-2017

In October 2013, the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE), in partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana (BBBS-KY), was funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) to implement a mentoring research best practices project that explored whether three types of parent/guardian level variables (psychosocial parent/family characteristics, parent engagement in the mentoring match, and parenting style) influence match quality, match length, and youth outcomes. This study was designed to describe these factors, as well as investigate how these factors impact match length, match strength, and youth program outcomes. Data to inform both objectives was collected using a longitudinal multimode approach with youth, mentors and parents in the BBBS-KY program in the metro Louisville area. In addition, data from 16 local school districts provided measures of academic performance, school attendance, and disciplinary suspensions. Data were collected at multiple time points from youth, volunteer mentors, and parents/guardians. These data included BBBS-America standard surveys (Youth Outcomes Survey, and Volunteer and Youth Strength of Relationship Surveys). PIRE supplemented the standard BBBS data collection efforts with project-specific baseline volunteer mentor survey and several formative and outcome based inserts to supplement the data that was regularly collected from youth and mentors. The PIRE and BBBS-KY teams also created a project-specific parent/guardian survey to better understand the impact of parental factors on match dynamics and youth mentoring program outcomes. Due to low literacy levels of parents/guardians, this survey was administered as a mixed-mode, audio-computer assisted interview (ACASI). Additional data sources for this study included data from (a) coding of qualitative case review notes for selected aspects of matches by BBBS-KY match support specialists, (b) academic data collected from school districts, and (c) data collected on general match characteristics (e.g., match closure status) collected by BBBS-KY as part of their standard business operations. Most measures were collected early in the match (either match formation or three months into the match) and at 12 months into the match.

2013年10月，太平洋研究评估研究所（PIRE）与肯塔基安那大哥哥大姐姐组织（BBBS-KY）合作，在青少年司法与犯罪预防办公室（OJJDP）的资助下，实施了一项关于指导研究最佳实践的资助项目。该项目旨在探究三种类型的家长/监护人级别变量（心理社会家长/家庭特征、家长在指导配对中的参与度以及教养方式）是否会影响配对质量、配对长度以及青少年成果。研究旨在描述这些因素，并调查这些因素如何影响配对长度、配对强度以及青少年项目成果。数据收集采用纵向多模式方法，对BBBS-KY项目中路易斯维尔大都市区的青少年、导师和家长进行了收集。此外，来自16个地方学区的数据提供了学术表现、出勤率和纪律处分等指标。数据收集在多个时间点从青少年、志愿者导师和家长/监护人处收集。这些数据包括BBBS-America标准调查（青少年成果调查、志愿者与青少年关系强度调查）。PIRE在BBBS的标准数据收集努力之外，补充了项目特定的基线志愿者导师调查以及几个形成性和结果性插入，以补充从青少年和导师那里定期收集的数据。PIRE和BBBS-KY团队还创建了一项项目特定的家长/监护人调查，以更好地理解家长因素对配对动态和青少年指导项目成果的影响。鉴于家长/监护人的低文化程度，该调查以混合模式、音频计算机辅助访谈（ACASI）的形式进行。本研究的额外数据来源包括：（a）BBBS-KY配对支持专家对选定配对方面的定性案例审查笔记编码，（b）从学区收集的学术数据，以及（c）BBBS-KY作为其标准业务运营的一部分收集的一般配对特征数据（例如，配对关闭状态）。大多数指标都是在配对早期（要么是配对形成，要么是在配对三个月后）以及配对12个月时收集的。