Mentoring Research

The Need to Strengthen Supportive Ties for LGBTQ Foster Youth

Paul, J. C., & Cruys, C.. (2024). “We should be treated like we are somebody”: Building supportive relationships with LGBTQ foster youth. Family Relations. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.13020 Summarized by Megyn Jasman  Introduction: Authors conducted a study on the experiences of LGTBQ foster youth, as informed by the frameworks of minority stress and the extended theory of youth […]

First-Gen Students Thrive in High-Impact Practices & Mentorship

Doane, D., Card, K., Newland, L., & Bonneau, L. (2024). Complete opportunists: First-generation college students’ lived experiences with high-impact educational practices. Journal of First-generation Student Success. https://doi.org/10.1080/26906015.2024.2311811 Summarized by Megyn Jasman Introduction: According to the authors Doane et al. (2014) High-impact practices (HIPs) are “well-documented experiences that deepen engagement and go beyond traditional markers of […]

Could Mentoring Reduce Loneliness Among Recently Widowed Older Adults?

Carr et al., (2018).  Does Becoming A Volunteer Attenuate Loneliness Among Recently Widowed Older Adults? The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbx092 Excerpt from article “Abstract Objectives: Loneliness is a significant public health concern, particularly for those who have lost a spouse through widow- hood. This study examines whether becoming […]

Half of College Graduates Have Jobs That Don’t Use Their Degrees

From Strada Education Foundation College graduates who are underemployed in their first job are likely to still be underemployed up to 10 years later, and women are more likely to be caught in this trap than men, according to new research released today by Burning Glass Technologies and Strada Institute for the Future of Work, a new research […]

The Dual Impact of Near-Peer Counseling on Student Success

Reference: McCallen, L., Yazdani, N., Pai, G., Bloom, J., Chajet, L., & Fine, M. (2023). How a community engagement model of near-peer counseling impacts student mentors’ college outcomes. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 27(2). Summarized by Ellen Parry Luff About the Study: Many racial and socioeconomic disparities persist within the current postsecondary education […]

Coaching the coaches: Lessons learned from a new study on coach training

In the article titled “Competencies of Coaches that Predict Client Behavior Change,” published in The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science in 2024, the authors, led by Richard Boyatzis, address the significant gap in coaching research and practice concerning the effectiveness of coaching competencies in fostering client behavior change. This study is particularly valuable as it […]

How Mentoring Can Shift from “Beating the Odds” to Changing the Odds

By Jean Rhodes In an important new Annual Review of Clinical Psychology article, UVA Professor Noelle Hurd, describes how mentors can help ethnically marginalized youth can derive positive developmental outcomes while also working with their mentees to create a more just and equitable society. As Hurd notes, much of the theorizing and research on natural […]

When Rich Parents Act as College “Concierges,” Opportunity Gaps Widen

By Jean Rhodes In the study “Providing a ‘‘Leg Up’’: Parental Involvement and Opportunity Hoarding in College,” researchers conducted interviews with parents of college students to explore the impact of parental involvement on their children’s college experiences. The study focused on families from a large public university in the Midwest, analyzing how affluent parents’ engagement […]

New Study Explores The Impact Of Planned Rematching On Youth With Poor First Matches

Reference: Mutignani, L. M., Steggerda, J. C., Scafe, M. J., Vengurlekar, I. N., & Cavell, T. A. (2024). The practice of rematching in youth mentoring: a study of planned rematches in school-based mentoring for children identified as aggressive. Children and Youth Services Review, 107476. Summarized by Ellen Parry Luff About the Study: When looking for […]

Fostering Change: Promoting Cultural Humility for Youth Mentors

Reference: Anderson, A. J., Jones, K. V., DuBois, D. L., Çifci, F., & Teger, Z. (2023). Cultural humility development in adults serving as mentors for youth: A qualitative evidence synthesis. American Journal of Community Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12730 Summarized by Ariel Ervin About the Study: Research on social justice in mentoring and relational mentoring posits that mentors […]