Examining the Effects of a School-Based Mentoring Program on Social Network Development Among Youth Over Time

• In Event: Roundtable Session 46
  In Roundtable Session: Evaluations of Collaboration, Mentoring, and School Partnerships

Abstract

We examined the effects of a school-based mentoring program on the development of social networks among high school students over time. Participants in this study were 6 mentors and 70 eleventh-grade students who were randomly assigned to a control and treatment group. We applied social network analysis to examine patterns of relationships among participants within the network and how these networks change over time as they relate to homework completion in science, mathematics, and other subjects. Controlling for participants’ pre-score on various relations, those in the treatment group formed a greater number of connections (degree) in science homework and receive greater number of ties (in-degree) in science homework compared to those in the control group.

Authors

• Natalie A. Tran, California State University - Fullerton

• Sara Trevino, California State University - Fullerton

• Reina Galvez, California State University - Fullerton

• Steve Tran, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

• Jennifer A. Yee, California State University - Fullerton

• Leslie Chanthaphasouk, University of California - Los Angeles

• Jason Lacsamana, Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance

• Louise Milner, Garden Grove Unified School District

• Daniel Mejia, Garden Grove Unified School District