Entries by Jean Rhodes

Slow Ideas and the power of mentoring

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by Jean Rhodes In the recent New Yorker article “Slow Ideas,” science writer Atul Gawande laments the resistance amongst medical professional and others to the adoption of proven ideas. He describes how, despite evidence, physicians were slow to adopt Joseph Lister’s simple, proven methods of sterilization that could slow the spread of germs. Likewise, he described […]

Is Your Mentee Prepared for Life?

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By Ben Carpenter, reprinted from the New York Times As 16 million young adults set off for college this fall, they are looking at some frightening statistics. Despite the ever-rising cost of getting a degree, one number stands out like a person shouting in a campus library: According to a recent poll conducted by AfterCollege, an […]

Promoting mentorship in translational research: Should we hope for Athena or train Mentor?

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Steiner, J.F. (2014) Academic Medicine, 89 (5), 702-704. This article was summarized by UMass Boston doctoral student Laura Yoviene. Introduction: Usually in the Chronicle we focus on youth mentoring relationships.  However, with this review we broaden the scope to include an article on the importance of mentoring relationships to research in the realm of academia. […]

Overweight teens are bullied by adults they trust

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Posted by Megan Orciari-Yale YALE (US) — Teens struggling to lose weight are often teased by adults they trust, according to a new survey. “While our findings suggest that teasing and bullying may be inevitable for the heaviest youth, it is striking that even formerly overweight youth who have lost weight and whose body weight […]

New book on workplace mentoring has implications for youth

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Strategic Relationships at Work: Creating Your Circle of Mentors, Sponsors, and Peers for Success in Business and Life (McGraw-Hill Reposted (and revised) from BU school of management  June 18th, 2014 Boston University Professor Kathy Kram and Wendy Murphy, associate professor of management at Babson College, have published a new book titled Strategic Relationships at Work: Creating […]

Attachment relationships and adolescents’ life satisfaction: Some relationships matter more to girls than boys

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Ma, C., & Huebner, E.S. (2008). Attachment relationships and adolescents’ life satisfaction: Some relationships matter more to girls than boys. Psychology in the Schools, 45 (2), 177-190. Summarized by UMass Boston doctoral student Laura Yoviene Introduction: Having a secure relationship with a parent or guardian — one characterized by trust, caring, availability, and dependability — […]

The importance of natural mentors for emerging adults

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Hurd, N.M., Stoddard, S.A., Bauermeister, J.A., & Zimmerman, M.A.. (2014). Natural mentors, mental health, and substance use: Exploring pathways via coping and purpose. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 84 (2), 190-200. Introduction: Emerging adulthood is a period from about 18 to 25, in which individuals are no longer dependent on their caregivers as they were in childhood and adolescence, […]

Study shows mentors can reduce trauma symptoms in foster care youths

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Johnson, S. B., & Pryce, J. M. (2013). Therapeutic of mentoring: Reducing the impact of trauma for foster care youth. Child Welfare, 92(3), 9-25.  Summarized by Elyssa Weber, UMass Boston Clinical doctoral student Introduction: It is estimated that fifty to seventy-five percent of children coming into the foster care system have serious emotional or behavioral […]