Results of Mentoring in the Psychosocial Well-Being of Young Immigrants and Refugees in Spain

Abstract

This study examined the change processes associated with the Nightingale project, a community-based mentoring programme whose aim is to promote the social inclusion of minors of immigrant origin. A pre-test–post-test study was conducted on a group of 158 young immigrants between the ages of 8 and 15, in which the influence of the mentoring programme on the youths’ psychosocial well-being was measured. Non-parametric tests were used to calculate the results before and after mentoring, comparing the results over a six-month period and controlling for sex and age. The analyses reflected associations between mentoring and improvements in specific aspects of the emotional well-being of young immigrants and highlighted the potential of mentorships to cushion the stressful events they are subjected to in the process of adapting to a new social reality

This research was funded by the Secretariat of Universities and Research of the Government of Catalonia’s Ministry of Business and Knowledge, the European Union and European Social Fund. (FSE) (2020 FI-B1 00109)