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How informal mentoring may benefit the educational resilience of sexual minority youth

Gastic, B. & Johnson, D. (2009). Teacher-mentors and the educational resilience of sexual minority youth, Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services, 21:2-3, 219-231, DOI:10.1080/10538720902772139 Summarized by Ariel Ervin Notes of Interest: “Teacher-mentors and the Educational resilience of Sexual Minority Youth” is the first research study that analyzes the advantages of informally mentoring sexual minority […]

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Does the quality of a natural mentoring relationship affect the perceived value of school for Latinx students?

January 7, 2020/0 Comments/in Informal Mentoring, MentorHub, Mentoring Research, New Mentoring Research /by Jeremy Astesano

Anderson, A.J., Sánchez, B. and McMahon, S.D. (2019), Natural Mentoring, Academic Motivation, and Values Toward Education Among Latinx Adolescents. Am J Community Psychol, 63: 99-109. doi:10.1002/ajcp.12319 Summarized by Jeremy Astesano Notes of Interest: This short-term longitudinal study examined how the quality of a natural mentoring relationship and the intrinsic motivation of Latinx students would relate […]

Natural mentoring for foster youth moves from theory to practice

November 12, 2019/0 Comments/in Informal Mentoring, MentorHub, Practice /by Jeremy Astesano

By Devon Ziminski, The Chronicle of Social Change Young people emancipated from the foster care system are assumed to be ready for adult life. In reality this is often not the case, but more and more organizations are stepping up to better prepare foster youth for life on their own – particularly by helping them make lasting […]

Profiles in Mentoring: A Conversation with Johanna Greeson on Natural Mentoring and Foster Care

November 10, 2019/0 Comments/in Informal Mentoring, MentorHub, Profiles in Mentoring /by Justin Preston

Below is a profile of Professor Johanna Greeson. Johanna’s excellent new book will be out next month! by Kate Powers Introduction: Johanna Greeson is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Policy & Practice at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Greeson received her MSW from Bryn Mawr College in 1999, and then returned to […]

Relying on youth mentoring programs for mental health services: Challenges and implications

October 17, 2019/0 Comments/in Editors Blog, MentorHub, Targeted Mentoring /by Jean Rhodes

by Jean Rhodes In a recent issue of Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology psychologists Miguel Villodas and Alejandro Vázquez, published a study that has important implications for the future of youth mentoring programs. Their survey of nearly 750 caregivers to adolescents revealed that black caregivers were far less likely than white caregivers to perceive […]

The untapped potential of “natural mentoring”

September 30, 2019/0 Comments/in Informal Mentoring, MentorHub, Practice /by Jeremy Astesano

Informal support from known and trusted adults makes an enormous difference By Levi van Dam, Scientific American In the United States, there are more than 5,000 mentoring organizations that facilitate “stranger to stranger” matches that support young people during the challenging period of adolescence—but only 5 percent of the participants are successfully matched with a volunteering […]

Breaking up is hard to do: How and why formal mentoring relationships end

September 1, 2019/1 Comment/in Formal Mentoring, Mentoring Research, New Mentoring Research /by Justin Preston

Spencer, R., Basualdo-Delmonico, A., Walsh, J. & Drew, A. (2017). Breaking up is hard to do: A qualitative interview study of how and why youth mentoring relationships end. Youth & Society, 49(4), 438-460. DOI: 10.1177/0044118X14535416 Summarized by Justin Preston Introduction: One of the goals of every mentoring organization is to foster long-lasting, meaningful relationships […]

A match made in heaven?: Technology-delivered interventions and youth mentoring

May 30, 2019/0 Comments/in Editors Blog, Supportive Accountability /by Jean Rhodes

by Jean Rhodes A few months ago, I wrote a column “There’s an App for That,” in which I described the promise of evidence-based mental and behavioral interventions that are delivered through smartphone Apps (and sometimes computers). An even deeper dive into this research has left me even more convinced of its promise. This is […]

A meta-analysis on the career advantages for mentors

May 30, 2019/0 Comments/in MentorHub, Mentoring Research, Meta Analysis /by Cyanea Poon

Ghosh, R., & Reio, T. G., Jr. (2013). Career benefits associated with mentoring for mentors: A meta-analysis. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 83(1), 106-116. Summarized by Ariel Ervin Notes of Interest: Recent research on mentoring has started to recognize that mentoring can also be beneficial for mentors, as well. Gosh and Reio furthered this effort by […]

Meta-analysis underscores importance of perceived similarity in mentoring

May 12, 2019/0 Comments/in MentorHub, Meta Analysis, New Mentoring Research /by Jean Rhodes

Eby, .L.T. et al. An interdisciplinary meta-analysis of the potential antecedents, correlates and consequences of protégé perceptions of mentoring. Psychological Bulletin. Advanced online publication. Summarized by Stella Kanchewa Overview: In this meta-analytic study, Lillian Eby and colleagues focused on variations in the mentees’ perceptions of relationship quality and types of support they received from their […]

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