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Effects of the You Can Do It (YCDI!) Mentoring Program on Social-Emotional Skills of Students

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Research conducted at the University of Applied Sciences in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, has investigated the outcomes of the You Can Do It (YCDI!) Mentoring Program on the social-emotional skills of students in secondary and higher professional education. The program focuses on increasing students' five key skills, including confidence, persistence, organization, getting along, and emotional resilience. The study involved 206 students, with 144 participating in the first study and 62 in the second study, and used a pretest-posttest control group design to measure the effects of the program.

Key Takeaways:

  • The YCDI! Mentoring Program had no significant effect on the social-emotional skills of secondary school students, according to the first study.
  • However, the effect of the Mentoring Program on the social-emotional skills of the students in higher professional education was significant and substantial, according to the second study.
  • The program focused on increasing students' five key skills: confidence, persistence, organization, getting along, and emotional resilience.
  • The study involved 144 secondary school students in the first study and 62 students in higher professional education in the second study.
  • The students were divided equally across the experimental and control groups in both studies.
  • The results of the first study revealed that the program had no significant effect on the social-emotional skills of secondary school students.
  • The results of the second study revealed that the program had a significant and substantial effect on the social-emotional skills of higher professional education students.
  • The study concluded that limitations and implications for theory and practice are discussed.

Statistics:

  • 144 secondary school students participated in the first study.
  • 62 students in higher professional education participated in the second study.
  • The number of students was equally divided across the experimental and control group in both studies.
  • The program had no significant effect on the social-emotional skills of secondary school students.
  • The program had a significant and substantial effect on the social-emotional skills of higher professional education students (p < 0.05).

Sources:

  • NewsRx. Data on Pediatrics Reported by Researchers at University of Applied Sciences (The Effects of the Ycdi! Mentoring Program On Secondary and Higher Education Students' Social-emotional Skills). Education Letter. August 27, 2025; p 81.
  • The Effects of the Ycdi! Mentoring Program On Secondary and Higher Education Students' Social-emotional Skills. International Journal of Educational Research, 2025;133.

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