An analysis of natural mentoring relationship profiles and associations with mentees’ mental health: Considering links via support from important others
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We explored associations between natural mentoring relationship profiles and young adults’ life satisfaction and symptoms of depression via participants’ perceived support from important others accounting for participants’ perceived support and mental health prior to the onset of their natural mentoring relationships. Participants included 396 young adults (57 % female; mean age = 30.97, SD = .6), the majority of whom identified as Black or African American (79 % Black, 18 % White, 3 % Biracial). Most participants had completed high school but few participants (13 %) had completed degrees from 4 year institutions. We used a latent profile approach to identify natural mentoring relationship profiles and employed structural equation modeling to test our study hypotheses. Slightly over half of study participants (53 %) reported the presence of a natural mentor in their lives since the age of 14. Results suggest that natural mentoring relationships characterized by high levels of relational closeness and either extended relationship duration or frequent contact may promote improvements in psychological well‐being among mentees over time via greater experiences of social support from important others.
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- Authors
- Hurd, N. M., & Zimmerman, M. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Virginia (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Corresponding author
- Hurd, Noelle M.
- Venue
- American Journal of Community Psychology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2013-10-17
- Volume
- 53
- Issue
- 1-2
- Pages
- 25-36
- ISSN
- 0091-0562 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-2770
- PMC
- PMC4308967
- OpenAlex
- W2064286690
- Cited by
- 74
- References
- 45
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- FWCI
- 5.99
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- American Journal of Community Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Deep Blue (University of Michigan) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA007484)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mentoring and Academic Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Keywords
- natural mentoring, young adults, life satisfaction, depressive symptoms, social support, significant others, relationship closeness, relationship duration, psychological well-being
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Black or African American, Depression, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Mentors, Personal Satisfaction, Social Support, White People
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