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Mentoring in context: A comparative study of youth mentoring programs in the United States and continental Europe

Preston, Justin M., Prieto-Flores, Òscar, Rhodes, Jean E.·2019·Youth & Society
DOI 10.1177/0044118x18813700
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Most of the existing body of research on formal youth mentoring has focused on programs in the United States, with few inquiries into how mentoring programs have taken shape in other contexts. In this article, we compare and contrast programs in the United States and continental Europe to investigate how context shapes the ways in which programs are conceived and implemented. Concerns about inequality and delinquency have been major drivers of program expansion in the United States, while concerns about the influx of migrants into linguistically and culturally homogeneous communities have fostered the expansion of programs in continental Europe. Through a series of program comparisons, we explored differences in volunteer characteristics, target populations, and how programs and benefits are construed. Implications for implementation and future research across both contexts are discussed.

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  • The European programs considered mentoring a bidirectional tool for developing intercultural competence.

    “The European programs considered mentoring a bidirectional tool for developing intercultural competence [157].”

    From Unpacking Community-Based Youth Mentoring Relationships: An Integrative Review (2021) · cites this paper as [157]

  • Researchers have rarely examined whether the characteristics of the mentoring relationship are universal or culturally dependent.

    “researchers have rarely examined whether the characteristics of the mentoring relationship are universal or culturally dependent [157,158].”

    From Unpacking Community-Based Youth Mentoring Relationships: An Integrative Review (2021) · cites this paper as [157]

  • Both mentors and program staff reported judgment calls and considerable suspicions on the part of parents that could jeopardize the relationship.

    “However, both mentors and program staff reported judgment calls and considerable suspicions on the part of parents that could jeopardize the relationship [7,157,158,161].”

    From Unpacking Community-Based Youth Mentoring Relationships: An Integrative Review (2021) · cites this paper as [157]

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Authors
Preston, J. M., Prieto-Flores, Ò., & Rhodes, J. E.
Affiliations
  • University of Massachusetts Boston (US)
  • University of Girona, Spain
Corresponding author
Preston, Justin M.
ORCID
Venue
Youth & Society
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2018-11-26
Volume
51
Issue
7
Pages
900-914
ISSN
  • 0044-118X (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-8499
DOI
10.1177/0044118x18813700
OpenAlex
W2902905021
Cited by
41
References
18
Citations by year
2026: 8 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 3
FWCI
3.39
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
Youth & Society (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 › Crime Patterns and Interventions
Keywords
youth mentoring programs, formal mentoring, cross-national comparison, United States, continental Europe, program context, volunteer characteristics, target population, inequality, delinquency, program implementation

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