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Table 1 Overview of Youth and Caregiver(s) Measurements

From: Effectiveness, working mechanisms, and implementation of youth-initiated mentoring for juvenile delinquents: a multiple-methods study protocol

Concepts

Measurement

Informants

# of items

Baseline

Post-test

Follow-up

Demographic factors

Demographics

Y

18–21

*

  

Offense and referral information

Halt’s registration system

HP

-

*

  

Halt intervention characteristics

Halt’s registration system

HP

-

*

  

YIM characteristics

Halt’s registration system

HP

-

 

*

 

Dynamic risk factors

Halt-SI

HP

-

*

  

Psychosocial problems

Halt-SI

SDQ

HP

Y

-

20

*

*

  

Prosocial behaviour

SDQ

Y

5

*

*

*

RESILIENCE FACTORS:

      

1

Quality social network:

      
 

1.1 Perceived social support

BSSS, perceived social support

Y, C

8

*

*

*

1.2 Perceived mattering

GMS

Y

5

*

*

*

1.3 Relatedness to others

BPNS, relatedness to others

Y

4

*

*

*

1.4 Peer network quality

IDF

Y

8

*

*

*

 

1.5 Mentor relationship quality

Items relational process

YsoR

Y, C

Y, C

11

6

 

*

*

2

Social skills:

      
 

2.1 Social resourcefulness

BSSS, support seeking

Y, C

5

*

*

*

3

Feelings of autonomy and competence:

      
 

3.1 Competence satisfaction

BPNS, competence

Y

4

*

*

*

 

3.2 Autonomy satisfaction

BPNS, autonomy

Y

4

*

*

*

4

Attitudes towards delinquency:

 

Y

 

*

*

*

 

4.1 Cognitive biases

HIT-Q, cognitive biases subscales

Y

39

*

*

*

5

Parental monitoring and family outcomes

      
 

5.1 Adolescent disclosure

PMS, AD

Y, C

6

*

*

*

 

5.2 Parental solicitation

5.3 Family resilience

5.4 Parental stress

PMS, PS

FES

PSS

Y, C

C

C

6

14

18

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

6

Commitment to social environment:

      
 

6.1 Attachment to school

SCS, value of school

NSCR, school form

Y

11

*

*

*

 

6.2 Structured free-time activities

IFTA and TSWF

Y

4–8

*

*

*

NEED FOR FORMAL SUPPORT

BSSS, need for support IHR

Y, C

8

*

*

*

REOFFENDING

      
 

Self-reported delinquency

Youth delinquent behaviour

AHSRD

CBCL, delinquent behaviour

Y

C

17

13

*

*

*

  1. Note Informants. HP Halt professionals; C Caregiver(s); Y Youths
  2. Note Questionnaires. AD Adolescent Disclosure; AHSRD Add Health Self-Reported Delinquency; BPNS Basic Psychological Needs Scale; BSSS Berlin Social Support Scale; CBCL Child Behaviour Check List; FES Family Empowerment Scales; GMS General Mattering Scale; Halt-SI Risk Assessment Tool Halt; HIT-Q How I Think Questionnaire; IDF Items Delinquent Friends (Van der Laan & Blom, 2006); IFTA and TSWF Items Free-Time Activities and Time Spent With Friends (Van der Laan & Blom, 2006); IHR Items Halt Research (Ferwerda, 2006); PMS Parental Monitoring Scales; PPI Peer Pressure Inventory; PS Parental Solicitation; PSS Parental Stress Scale; NSCR Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement; SCS School Connectedness Scale; SDQ Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire; WODC Research and Documentation Centre in the Netherlands; YsoR Youth Strength of Relationship; YSR Youth Self Report