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Mentoring: Exposure to Social and Cultural Activities |
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Participating in mentoring promotes
pro-social behaviors and attitudes. Consecutive evaluations of the
ongoing Across Ages program show that participants who received mentoring
(in addition to other program activities) have significantly more positive
attitudes toward school, the future, the elderly, and helping behaviors.AA1,AA2
Further, participants in BB/BS felt that they communicated better with
their parents and had more emotional support from friends.BBS1
The latter finding is especially true for minority males. BBS1
On the other hand, Big Brothers/Big Sisters was not effective in
increasing cultural awareness of participants.
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