Long-term mentors’ perceptions of building mentoring relationships with at-risk youth
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Youth mentoring, defined within this study, as the pairing of a youth at risk with a caring adult, is an intervention that is often used for youth at risk for academic and social failure. We sought to understand mentors’ perspectives of the fundamental elements that foster positive mentor–mentee relationships that build resiliency and increase social and academic success. Twelve participants with extensive experience in mentoring youth at high risk participated in structured interviews during two focus groups. Major themes revealed in data analysis included needs for supportive acceptance and consistency to help the mentees build social literacy and future visioning.
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The promoting-catalyzing component encourages self-esteem, autonomy and self-direction, role modeling, guidance, advocacy, empowerment and challenge, future planning, and promoting motivation, and includes skill-based career and academic support.
“The third component of promoting-catalyzing encourages self-esteem, autonomy and self-direction, role modeling, guidance, advocacy, empowerment and challenge, future planning, and promoting motivation. Other elements of this component include skill-based career and academic support [80,82,83,85,86,88,92,93,98,108].”
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- Authors
- Smith, C. A., Newman-Thomas, C., & Stormont, M.
- Affiliations
- University of West Georgia (US)
- University of Missouri (US)
- Corresponding author
- Smith, Cindy Ann
- Venue
- Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2015-05-27
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 248-267
- ISSN
- 1361-1267 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-9745
- OpenAlex
- W1911773149
- Cited by
- 15
- References
- 56
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 2 · 2017: 2
- FWCI
- 1.09
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Mentoring & Tutoring Partnership in Learning (publishedVersion)
- eSpace (Curtin University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mentoring and Academic Development
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Youth Development and Social Support
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Career Development and Diversity
- Keywords
- youth mentoring, at-risk youth, mentor perceptions, mentoring relationships, resilience, social literacy, future visioning, consistency, academic performance, social success
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