Peer mentoring in adolescence enhances :
Social integration
Peer mentoring involves older or more experienced peers guiding and supporting adolescents through shared experiences and mutual understanding.
This process fosters a sense of belonging and connectedness by helping adolescents build relationships, communicate, and cooperate with others, thereby enhancing social integration.
Social hierarchy, competition, and isolation are not outcomes that peer mentoring aims to promote; in fact, peer mentoring works against isolation and unhealthy competition by encouraging collaboration and acceptance.
Hence, peer mentoring in adolescence enhances social integration.
During early adolescence, identity formation is strongly influenced by:
Guidance services at 12-14 years must particularly address: