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The quality of mentoring relationships and mentoring success

Goldner, Limor, Mayseless, Ofra·2009·Journal of Youth and Adolescence
DOI 10.1007/s10964-008-9345-0
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The quality of the relationships that mentors forge with their protégés is assumed to significantly affect the success of mentoring interventions. Building on previous research, this study examined the association between relationship qualities and protégé functioning. Multiple reporters (e.g., mentors, protégés and teachers) were used in a prospective research design spanning eight months in Israel's largest mentoring program-Perach. The sample consisted of 84 protégés ranging in age from 8 to 13 years (M = 10.75). Qualities in the mentoring relationship such as closeness, dependency and unrealistic expectations for the continuation and deepening of the relationship, beyond the planned period, were positively associated with the children's social and academic adjustment, and contributed to perceived academic competence, social support and wellbeing. Generalization of positive mentoring experiences to other relationships (such as the mother-child relationship) and the role of unrealistic expectations and dependency as key elements are considered. Implications of the findings for research and mentoring intervention are discussed.

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  • The first approach to assess mentoring relationship quality employs versions of questionnaires adapted from the fields of psychotherapy, teaching, and parenting.

    “The first employs versions of questionnaires adapted from the fields of psychotherapy, teaching, and parenting.”

    From Unpacking Community-Based Youth Mentoring Relationships: An Integrative Review (2021) · cites this paper as [51]

  • The influence of mentoring relationships varies as a function of relationship quality, mentor, and mentee characteristics.

    “Of course, not all mentoring relationships are the same, and their influence can vary as a function of relationship quality, mentor, and mentee characteristics (Goldner & Mayseless, 2009; Grossman, Chan, Schwartz, & Rhodes, 2012; Grossman & Rhodes, 2002; Hurd & Sellers, 2013; Parra, DuBois, Neville, Pugh‐Lilly, & Povinelli, 2002; Rhodes et al., 2006).”

    From Does Natural Mentoring Matter? A Multilevel Meta‐analysis on the Association Between Natural Mentoring and Youth Outcomes (2018) · cites this paper as Goldner & Mayseless, 2009

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Authors
Goldner, L., & Mayseless, O.
Affiliations
  • Weizmann Institute of Science (IL)
  • University of Haifa (IL)
Corresponding author
Goldner, Limor
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2008-10-02
Volume
38
Issue
10
Pages
1339-1350
ISSN
  • 0047-2891 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-6601
DOI
10.1007/s10964-008-9345-0
OpenAlex
W2115337253
Cited by
122
References
62
Citations by year
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FWCI
5.33
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations
  • Journal of Youth and Adolescence (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mentoring and Academic Development
  • Social Sciences › Safety Research › Youth Development and Social Support
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
Keywords
mentoring relationships, relationship quality, closeness, dependency, unrealistic expectations, social adaptation, academic adjustment, perceived academic competence, social support, well-being, mother-child relationship, school-based mentoring
MeSH terms
Achievement, Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Adult, Child, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Mentors, Object Attachment, Personal Satisfaction, Surveys and Questionnaires, Social Adjustment, Social Perception, Social Support, Teaching, Young Adult

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