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A PILOT STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF THE PERAJ MENTORING PROGRAM ON SCHOOL DROPOUT RISK OF MEXICAN CHILDREN
Author(s) -
MorenoCandil David,
Garza Maria
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/jcop.21849
Subject(s) - dropout (neural networks) , socioeconomic status , school dropout , psychology , developmental psychology , at risk students , control (management) , academic achievement , medical education , clinical psychology , medicine , pedagogy , environmental health , sociology , population , management , machine learning , socioeconomics , computer science , economics
The purpose of the Peraj Mentoring Program is to aid in the social, emotional, and academic development of children from disadvantageous family, cultural, and socioeconomic contexts. School dropout has been recognized as a serious problem in the Mexican Educational System. The present study explored the effect of the participation in Peraj on school dropout risk of children. A questionnaire was specifically designed and administered in a pretest/posttest model to mentees and control subjects. The findings suggest that, in general, after participating in the Peraj program, the mentees showed a decrease in their risk of dropping out of school. In contrast, the control subjects, who did not participate in the Peraj program, showed an increase in dropout risk. Thus, there is evidence to support that Peraj mentoring can be a useful tool to reduce the dropout problem in Mexico.

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