The 18-month study by researchers at Aberdeen University, funded with 70,000 by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, looked at three mentoring projects in Scotland. One project was with volunteer mentors and two were with paid mentors, who worked with around 60 vulnerable 16- to 19-year-olds.
Kate Philip, senior research fellow at Aberdeen University and co-author of the report, said: "Mentoring has become a popular Government strategy to use with young people, but it's not the answer to everything."
She added: "There needs to be more evaluation of what works and what doesn't, as a lot of programmes have grown up in parallel without much interaction. There can also be problems with a preset agenda where mentoring schemes are integrated into mainstream provision."
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