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Back to the Future: Mentoring as Means and End in Promoting Child Mental Health by Cavell, Timothy A., Spencer, Renée, McQuillin, Samuel D.

“…Youth mentoring is a potentially powerful tool for prevention and intervention, but it has garnered little attention from clinical child and adolescent…”
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Pilot randomized trial of brief school‐based mentoring for middle school students with elevated disruptive behavior by McQuillin, Samuel D., McDaniel, Heather L.

“…We report a pilot study of a brief (i.e., 10 sessions) goal‐focused mentoring program for middle school students with elevated disruptive behavior. Students…”
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Finding the Sweet Spot: Investigating the Effects of Relationship Closeness and Instrumental Activities in School‐based Mentoring by Lyons, Michael D., McQuillin, Samuel D., Henderson, Lora J.

“…School‐based mentoring programs are popular prevention programs thought to influence youth development; but rigorous evaluations indicate that these programs…”
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Paraprofessional Youth Mentoring: A Framework for Integrating Youth Mentoring with Helping Institutions and Professions by McQuillin, Samuel D., Hagler, Matthew A., Werntz, Alexandra, Rhodes, Jean E.

“…The demand for child mental health services, including those provided by psychologists, counselors, and social workers, exceeds the supply. This trend is…”
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Evaluating mediation and moderation effects in school psychology: A presentation of methods and review of current practice by Fairchild, Amanda J., McQuillin, Samuel D.

“…Third variable effects elucidate the relation between two other variables, and can describe why they are related or under what conditions they are related…”
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Supporting autonomy in youth mentoring relationships by Davis, Amanda L., McQuillin, Samuel D.

“…The preference for and exercise of autonomous decision‐making in adolescence is a normative developmental process. Yet, increased autonomy is associated with…”
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A National Study of Mentoring Program Characteristics and Premature Match Closure: the Role of Program Training and Ongoing Support by McQuillin, Samuel D., Lyons, Michael D.

“…Mentoring programs are a popular approach to preventing problem behavior and promoting positive youth development. However, mentoring relationships that end…”
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Assessing Longitudinal Impacts of Mentor Role on Youth Outcomes by Samuels, Jody, Davis, Amanda L., McQuillin, Samuel D.

“…Youth who report prosocial relationships with natural mentors show increased social and academic success and life satisfaction. However, little research…”
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Risks and Rewards of School-Based Mentoring Relationships: A Reanalysis of the Student Mentoring Program Evaluation by Lyons, Michael D, McQuillin, Samuel D

“…In the United States, school-based mentoring programs are a large and widely funded form of mentoring. Despite widespread support, meta-analyses indicate that…”
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Strengthening and Expanding Child Services in Low Resource Communities: The Role of Task‐Shifting and Just‐in‐Time Training by McQuillin, Samuel D., Lyons, Michael D., Becker, Kimberly D., Hart, Mackenzie J., Cohen, Katie

“…In the United States, the demand for child mental health services is increasing, while the supply is limited by workforce shortages. These shortages are…”
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It’s Not a Bug, It’s a Feature: Evaluating Mentoring Programs with Heterogeneous Activities by Lyons, Michael D., McQuillin, Samuel D.

“…Background Mentoring programs pair non-familial adults with children and adolescents for the purposes of promoting positive youth development. Although these…”
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Expanding the reach of psychosocial services for youth: Untapped potential of mentor‐delivered single session interventions by Hart, Mackenzie J., Sung, Jenna Y., McQuillin, Samuel D., Schleider, Jessica L.

“…At present, the mental healthcare system cannot meet the demand for services, and the need‐to‐access gap is widest among children and adolescents. Single…”
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Striving for safety, impact, and equity: A critical consideration of AJCP publications on formal youth mentoring programs by Hagler, Matthew A., Jones, Kristian V., Anderson, Amy J., McQuillin, Samuel D., Weiler, Lindsey M., Sánchez, Bernadette

“…In this virtual special issue (VSI) we curate and reflect upon 22 articles on formal youth mentoring previously published in the American Journal of Community…”
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Assessing the impact of school-based mentoring: Common problems and solutions associated with evaluating nonprescriptive youth development programs by McQuillin, Samuel D., Lyons, Michael D., Clayton, Rebecca J., Anderson, Jacqueline R.

“…Like many youth development programs, most youth mentoring programs do not have prescribed practices that target specific outcomes. Because the construct of…”
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United States Schools and the Opioid Crisis: Charting New Directions by Harrod, Steven B., Harrison, Sayward E., McQuillin, Samuel D., Weist, Mark D.

“…The US opioid epidemic has caused broad devastation in homes, schools, and communities across the country. Increases in mental health disorders and isolation…”
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Adapting a School-Based Motivational Interviewing Mentoring Program for Use in India by Hart, Mackenzie J., Sable, Rahul, Gupta, Arundhuti, Boddu, Jean, McQuillin, Samuel D.

“…We report on the process of planning, adapting, and implementing a brief, instrumental, school-based mentoring curriculum originally developed in the United…”
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Deconstructing “Risk” in Youth Mentoring Programs: How Environmental Stressors and Presenting Challenges Shape Mentoring Relationship Outcomes by Poon, Cyanea Y. S., Herrera, Carla, Jarjoura, Roger, McQuillin, Samuel D., Keller, Thomas E., Rhodes, Jean E.

“…Youth referred to mentoring programs vary considerably in the range and severity of difficulties (i.e., behavioral, internalizing, social and academic) and…”
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Expanding School-Based Motivational Interviewing Through Delivery by Paraprofessional Providers: A Preliminary Scoping Review by Hart, Mackenzie J., McQuillin, Samuel D., Iachini, Aidyn, Weist, Mark D., Hills, Kimberly J., Cooper, Daniel K.

“…The supply of school mental health (SMH) providers and services cannot meet the demand of students in-need, and this gap is expected to widen in coming years…”
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Brief Instrumental School-Based Mentoring for Middle School Students: Theory and Impact by McQuillin, Samuel D, Lyons, Michael D

“…This study evaluated the efficacy of an intentionally brief school-based mentoring program. This academic goal-focused mentoring program was developed through…”
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Infant Social Avoidance Predicts Autism but Not Anxiety in Fragile X Syndrome by Roberts, Jane E, Crawford, Hayley, Will, Elizabeth A, Hogan, Abigail L, McQuillin, Samuel, Tonnsen, Bridgette L, O'Connor, Shannon, Roberts, Douglas A, Brewe, Alexis M

“…Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and anxiety are three of the most common childhood psychiatric disorders…”
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