DOI: 10.3886/icpsr38055
title: Evaluating Program Enhancements for Mentors Working with Children of Incarcerated Parents (COIP), United States, 2016-2020
title: Archival Version

description: The Children of Incarcerated Parents (COIP) Project was established as a means of evaluating mentorships between children whose parents are incarcerated and program mentors. This establishment was done as a result of the fact that over half of currently incarcerated Americans are parents, and over half of children whose parents are incarcerated are below the age of 10. The consequences of children having parents incarcerated can include family instability and possible future criminal activity of such children. The COIP Project was implemented across various mentorship programs throughout the United States with the objective of countering these issues.
description: The main purpose of the Children of Incarcerated Parents (COIP) Project was to evaluate the effectiveness of program enhancements implemented at all stages of a traditional mentoring relationship (i.e., recruitment, screening, matching, training, match support, and closure) on youth outcomes for children of incarcerated parents. The influence of the implementation and dosage of the enhancements on match and youth outcomes was also of interest in the project.
description: This study employed a design of within-program random assignment of mentees at 20 participating mentoring programs. The assignment was done to test the effectiveness of program enhancements delivered to treatment group mentors, mentees and their families, and match support staff on match and mentee outcomes. Mentors, mentees and their families, and match support staff in the comparison group experience "business-as-usual" (BAU) services for their program.
description: Variables that are present in this study include statistical values for calculating relations between parents, mentors, and mentees. Demographic variables include race, gender, family relationship to participants, and education.
description: Presence of Common Scales: Scale models present in the study include the short IOWA Conners Rating Scale (ICPRS; Pelham, Milich, Murphy, and Murphy, 1989), a modified version of the self-report coping scale (Causey and Dubow, 1992), the Strength of Mentoring Relationship scale, the Perceptions of Mentoring Relationship Closeness (adapted from the Network of Relationships Inventor; Furman and Buhrmester, 1985), and numerous other response and internalizing scales.
description: This project includes a convenience sample of children impacted by parental incarceration who were enrolled in one of 20 youth mentoring programs across the United States. Other participating groups in this study include a parent or caregiver of each participating child, the volunteer mentor assigned to the participating child, and staff members from the 20 mentoring programs across the United States involved in this project.
description: Datasets: DS0: Study-Level Files DS1: Enhancement Screening Variables Dataset DS2: Enhancement Initial Meeting Program Level Dataset DS3: Enhancement Training Dataset DS4: Enhancement Community Events Dataset DS5: Enhancement Resource Referrals Dataset DS6: Enhancement Staff Contacts Dataset DS7: Enhancement Supervision Meetings Dataset DS8: Enhancement Support Dataset DS9: Enhancement Match Table Dataset DS10: Enhancement Match Notes Reasons For Matching Dataset DS11: Enhancement Match Notes Initial Meeting Match Level Dataset DS12: Enhancement Match Notes Mentor Training Dataset DS13: Enhancement Match Notes Support Dataset DS14: Enhancement Match Notes Referral Dataset DS15: Enhancement Match Notes Community Events Dataset DS16: Enhancement Match Notes Supervision Meetings Dataset DS17: Enhancement Implementation Interview Responses 2016 Dataset DS18: Enhancement Implementation Interview Responses 2017 Dataset DS19: Outcomes Academic Imputed Stacked Dataset DS20: Outcomes Academic Raw Stacked Dataset DS21: Outcomes Delinquency Imputed Stacked Dataset DS22: Outcomes Delinquency Raw Stacked Dataset DS23: Outcomes Incarcerated Imputed Stacked Dataset DS24: Outcomes Incarcerated Raw Stacked Dataset DS25: Outcomes Internalizing Imputed Stacked Dataset DS26: Outcomes Internalizing Raw Stacked Dataset DS27: Outcomes Parent Imputed Stacked Dataset DS28: Outcomes Parent Raw Stacked Dataset DS29: Outcomes Positive Youth Development Imputed Stacked Dataset DS30: Outcomes Positive Youth Development Raw Stacked Dataset DS31: Outcomes Social Acceptance Imputed Stacked Dataset DS32: Outcomes Social Acceptance Raw Stacked Dataset DS33: Outcomes Social Competence Imputed Stacked Dataset DS34: Outcomes Social Competence Raw Stacked Dataset DS35: Outcomes Social Support Imputed Stacked Dataset DS36: Outcomes Social Support Raw Stacked Dataset DS37: Outcomes Strength of Relationship Imputed Stacked Dataset DS38: Outcomes Strength of Relationship Raw Stacked Dataset DS39: Outcomes Match Length Dataset DS40: Outcomes Parent and Mentee Imputed Stacked Dataset DS41: Outcomes Mentor Imputed Stacked Dataset DS42: Outcomes Parent and Mentee Baseline Alpha Values Dataset DS43: Outcomes Strength of Relationship Alpha Values Dataset DS44: Raw Parent and Mentee Stacked Dataset DS45: Raw Mentor Stacked Dataset DS46: Raw Mentee Closure Survey Dataset DS47: Raw Parent Closure Survey Dataset DS48: Raw Mentor Closure Survey Dataset
description: Children ages 8-18 who have been impacted by parental incarceration who have been enrolled in a mentoring program in the United States. Smallest Geographic Unit: None
description: audio computer-assisted self interview (ACASI); AVTCASI; computer-assisted self interview (CASI); computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI); face-to-face interview; mail questionnaire; paper and pencil interview (PAPI); on-site questionnaire; telephone interview; web-based surveyDatasets 0001 to 0018 are implementational datasets focused on program enhancement. Datasets 0019 to 0048 are analysis datasets that contain post-program calculations. The analysis datasets are grouped between outcomes analysis and raw datasets. Datasets 0019 to 0038 of the outcomes analysis datasets are grouped into imputed versus raw stacked pairs, with the imputed datasets typically containing 100 times the number of cases as the raw datasets.