Tag Archive for: Coaching

It’s Goal Time: New Study Highlights Youth Perceptions of Natural Mentors

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Brumovska, T. J. (2024). Characteristics of identified natural mentors in the experiences and perceptions of early-and-middle-aged adolescent youth: Implications for formal youth mentoring practice. Children and Youth Services Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107765 Introduction Natural mentors, unlike formal mentors, are identified organically within youths’ social networks and play a crucial role in their socio-emotional and cognitive development. Brumovska […]

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What’s in it for me/you?: New study explores how motives shape mentoring

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Liu, Y., Abi Aad, A., Maalouf, J., & Abou Hamdan, O. (2021). Self- vs. other-focused mentoring motives in informal mentoring: Conceptualizing the impact of motives on mentoring behaviors and beneficial mentoring outcomes. Human Resource Development International, 24(3), 279-303. https://doi.org/10.1080/13678868.2020.1789401 Introduction Informal mentoring, unlike formal mentoring, occurs spontaneously and reflects the voluntary investment of mentors in […]

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The truth will set you free, but first it will make you anxious: How white mentors’ attitudes affect relationships

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Simpson, S. B., Hsu, T., & Raposa, E. B. (2023). Trajectories and impact of White mentors’ beliefs about racial and ethnic discrimination in a formal youth mentoring program. American Journal of Community Psychology, 71(3-4), 465-479. A recent study by Simpson et al. (2023) provides important insights into how White mentors’ beliefs about racial and ethnic […]

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Bridging the Gap: How Mentors Can Supplement Mental Health Services

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Weiler, L. M., Hanson, A. N., Busse, C., Aronson, E., & Neiman, P. J. (2024). The need and acceptability of a youth mental health mentoring model to supplement adolescent outpatient mental health services. Children and Youth Services Review, 161, 107688. Introduction Youth mental health challenges in the United States are escalating at an alarming rate, […]

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All you need is “deep level” similarity: Predictors of quality mentoring matches

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By Jean Rhodes Conventional wisdom has long emphasized the importance of matching mentors and mentees based on surface-level characteristics like gender, race, and ethnicity. The assumption has been that sharing these demographic similarities would lead to more comfort, understanding, and ultimately, higher quality mentoring. Yet a growing body of research is challenging this view and […]

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The buffer zone: Mentoring as protective from school-based racism among African American boys

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Kahra, A., Thomas, A., Gale, A., & Rowley, S. (2024). The influence of racial socialization, mentor support, and emotion regulation on the psychological well-being of African American boys. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. Introduction School-based racial discrimination presents a significant risk to the psychological well-being of African American adolescents, often leading to negative mental health […]

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Can formal mentoring help autistic mentees?: New study counts the ways

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Hudock, R. L., Kremer, K. B., Kaplan, N., Goldberg, E., Austin, J. D., Khan, L., & Weiler, L. M. (2024). Development and initial outcomes of a mentoring program designed to support autistic adolescents and adults. Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41252-023-00388-5 Introduction Though autistic individuals frequently experience co-occurring mental health conditions, access to tailored mental health […]

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Building the bond: Family connection, activity engagement, and quality of the mentoring relationship in a college peer mentoring program

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Erdem, G., Safi, O. A., & Savaş, E. B. (2023). Predictors of mentoring relationship quality in a college peer mentoring program: Associations with mentors’ and mentees’ perceptions of family relationships. International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education. Introduction  Peer mentoring programs in higher education are designed to support incoming students in their transition and […]

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Psychologists call for a paradigm shift in mental health: Implications for mentoring programs

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In a recent article in American Psychologist, Dodge et al. (2024) present a call to action for transforming mental health research  and practice to focus on population-level impact. The authors argue convincingly that the field must move beyond its traditional individual-level focus to become accountable for improving mental health outcomes across entire populations. This commentary […]

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APA releases important guidelines on race and ethnicity in psychology: Implications for mentoring

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In 2019, the American Psychological Association (APA) published comprehensive guidelines on addressing issues of race and ethnicity in all areas of psychological practice (APA Task Force on Race and Ethnicity Guidelines in Psychology). This seminal report provides an extensive review of theoretical and empirical literature to inform psychologists on promoting racial and ethnocultural responsiveness and […]

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