Bridging the Divide: A Pioneering Culturally-Specific Mentoring Intervention to Increase Support for At-Risk Youth

The SECQ consists of 25 items, divided into five domains:Self-Awareness, Social Awareness, Self-Management, Relationship Skills and Responsible Decision-Making.Each domain includes 5 items and each is scored from 1(never) to 5 (always) for a maximum score of 25 for each domain. An average of all 25 item responses is calculated and score range is 1.0-5.0, higher score indicating greater social emotional competence.

The Parenting Sense of Competence Scale (PSOC) contains 16 items and each is scored on a 6-point Likert scale from 1 (Strongly Disagree) to 6 (Strongly Agree) for a maximum score of 96, higher scores indicating greater parenting competence.

Ryff's 18-item Psychological Well-Being Scale assesses six dimensions of well-being: autonomy, environmental mastery, personal growth, positive relations with others, purpose in life, and self-acceptance. Each subscale consists of 3 items, rated on a 6-point Likert scale from "Strongly Disagree" (1) to "Strongly Agree" (6). Maximum score is 108 and higher scores indicate greater psychological well-being.

DASS-21) is a validated self-report questionnaire that assesses symptoms across three domains: depression, anxiety, and stress. Each domain consists of 7 items rated on a 4-point Likert scale from 0 (Did not apply to me at all)-3( Applied to me very much, or most of the time). Scores for each domain are summed and then multiplied by 2 to match the original DASS-42 scale for a maximum score of 126. Higher scores indicate greater symptom severity.

ASES consists of 9 items, each rated on a 5-point Likert scale from 1(not at all confident) to 5(extremely confident) for a maximum score of 45. Higher scores indicate greater academic self-efficacy

SDQ consists of 25 items across five subscales: emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity/inattention, peer relationship problems, and prosocial behavior. Each item is rated on a 3-point scale from 0 (Not True), 1 (Somewhat True) , 2 (Certainly True) for a maximums score of 40 for the Emotional Symptoms, Conduct Problems, Hyperactivity/Inattention, and Peer Relationship Problems subscales and higher score indicates greater difficulties. the Prosocial Behavior subscale has a score range from 0-10 and higher score indicate more positive social behavior.

MSPSS consists of 12 items, with 4 items in each domain, rated on a 7-point Likert scale from 1 (Very Strongly Disagree) to 7 (Very Strongly Agree) for a maximum of score of 84. Higher scores indicate greater perceived social support.

This is a 30 item questionnaire with each item scored from 1( not at all) to 5 (very often), for a maximum total score of 150. Higher scores indicate better well-being.