How Economic Disadvantage Affects the Availability and Nature of Mentoring Relationships During the Transition to Adulthood
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2018 at "American Journal of Community Psychology"
DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12228
Abstract: Supportive nonparental adults, particularly nonfamilial adults, provide critical support during the transition to adulthood, opening doors to educational and career paths. This study examined whether economic disadvantage shapes access to these relationships. Results showed that… read more here.
Keywords: transition adulthood; disadvantage affects; economic disadvantage; mentoring relationships ... See more keywords
Birds of a feather: Is matching based on shared interests and characteristics associated with longer youth mentoring relationships?
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2019 at "Journal of community psychology"
DOI: 10.1002/jcop.22127
Abstract: Youth mentoring practitioners and researchers have shown a growing interest in determining the ways in which mentor-youth matching practices might influence the duration and effectiveness of mentoring relationships. The current project tested whether mentor-youth similarities… read more here.
Keywords: associated longer; youth; youth mentoring; mentor youth ... See more keywords
"It is OK to let them know you are human too": Mentor self-disclosure in formal youth mentoring relationships.
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2019 at "Journal of community psychology"
DOI: 10.1002/jcop.22165
Abstract: This study aims to capture descriptive data on how mentors self-disclose to their adolescent mentees. Self-disclosure is a normative communication process that facilitates trust and closeness in interpersonal relationships. Despite being a relational intervention, little… read more here.
Keywords: disclosure; self disclosure; mentoring relationships; youth mentoring ... See more keywords
Predictors of natural mentoring relationships and students' adjustment to college.
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2019 at "Journal of community psychology"
DOI: 10.1002/jcop.22269
Abstract: Little research exists that examines natural mentoring relationships (NMRs) during the college transition. We examine the role of parental attachment and help-seeking behaviors in students' development of new NMRs and the role NMRs have on… read more here.
Keywords: natural mentoring; college; help seeking; seeking behaviors ... See more keywords
Formal youth mentoring relationships in the context of risk: What is the role of caregiver-mentor collaboration?
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2023 at "Journal of community psychology"
DOI: 10.1002/jcop.22990
Abstract: Most research on youth mentoring relationships has focused on the mentor-mentee dyad, yet caregivers play an important role in supporting these relationships. Drawing on a large, multisite sample of youth in formal mentoring programs (N = 2165),… read more here.
Keywords: youth; mentor; mentoring relationships; caregiver ... See more keywords
"It's going to help me in life": Forms, sources, and functions of social support for youth in natural mentoring relationships.
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2023 at "Journal of community psychology"
DOI: 10.1002/jcop.23045
Abstract: Social Support is associated with positive physical and psychological health outcomes for youth. We took a qualitative approach to examine the sources, forms, and functions of social support youth receive from natural mentoring relationships in… read more here.
Keywords: natural mentoring; mentoring relationships; functions social; support ... See more keywords
“[My counselor] knows stuff about me, but [my natural mentor] actually knows me”: Distinguishing characteristics of youth’s natural mentoring relationships
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2020 at "Children and Youth Services Review"
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.104879
Abstract: Adults play important roles in the lives of adolescents, serving as role models, sources of social support, and providers of social capital. Natural mentoring relationships (NMRs), relationships between adults and youth that rise to a… read more here.
Keywords: stuff natural; knows stuff; natural mentoring; characteristics youth ... See more keywords
Informal mentoring among foster youth entering higher education
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2020 at "Children and Youth Services Review"
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105716
Abstract: Abstract Informal mentoring, anaturally-occurringcaring relationship with a non-parental adult, has been shown to promote positive outcomes for young people, including youth transitioning out of the foster care system. Although we often talk about mentoring as… read more here.
Keywords: foster youth; youth; informal mentoring; support ... See more keywords
Increasing Self-efficacy in Mentoring Relationships for Aspiring Entrepreneurs in Community Colleges
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2021 at "Community College Journal of Research and Practice"
DOI: 10.1080/10668926.2021.1896397
Abstract: Community colleges and universities increasingly offer entrepreneurial training to reach a larger portion of underrepresented students. This paper offers insights into what techniques mentors shoul... read more here.
Keywords: efficacy mentoring; community colleges; community; self efficacy ... See more keywords
Long-term mentoring relationships in undergraduate longitudinal general practice tracks – a qualitative study on the perspective of students and general practitioners
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2022 at "Medical Education Online"
DOI: 10.1080/10872981.2022.2149252
Abstract: ABSTRACT Background Longitudinal general practice tracks have been established in medical faculties in Europe and worldwide to attract more graduates to general practice careers. In many programs, long-term mentoring relationships play an important role in… read more here.
Keywords: long term; term mentoring; general practice; mentoring relationships ... See more keywords
One falls, we all fall: How boys of color develop close peer mentoring relationships
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2018 at "Applied Developmental Science"
DOI: 10.1080/10888691.2016.1208092
Abstract: ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to investigate the processes involved in developing close peer mentoring relationships among African American and Latino male adolescents in a school-based, group peer mentoring program. Qualitative one-on-one in-depth… read more here.
Keywords: program; one falls; peer mentoring; mentoring relationships ... See more keywords