Resumen de La importancia de la mentoría social en el bienestar mocional de los menores inmigrantes y refugiados
Immigrants face specific stressors associated with the migratory experience and the process of adapting to a new social reality. This study assess the impact of the Nightingale project, a community-based mentoring programme whose aim is to facilitate social, cultural and linguistic cohesion of minors of immigrant origin. Analysis was carried out using a pre-test post-test design to measure the psychosocial well-being on a group of 158 young immigrants between the ages of 8 and 15. Data were statistically analysed with non-parametric tests to examine pre- to post-mentoring changes, comparing the results over a six-month period and controlling for sex and age. The analyses provide evidence of the positive impact of mentoring in specific aspects of the emotional well-being of young immigrants and highlighted the potential of this intervention method to cushion the stressful events they are subjected to in the process of settling in a new country.
