It Takes a Village to Break Up a Match: A Systemic Analysis of Formal Youth Mentoring Relationship Endings

Although early closure of formal youth mentoring relationships has recently begun to receive some attention, more information about factors that contribute to premature endings, and how those factors interact, is needed so that empirically-based program practices can be developed and disseminated to prevent such endings and to ensure that youth reap the benefits mentoring can provide. This qualitative interview study applies a systemic model of...