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Building Youth Potential Through Trust, Resources, and Going Deeper
/0 Comments/in Practice /by Ariel ErvinBy and reprinted from the Search Institute Adults can nurture and build youth potential by introducing young people to new opportunities in many ways: helping them to clearly articulate and plan for their goals, connecting them with new ideas, and guiding them through new experiences, to name a few. Activities, discussions, and assignments designed to […]
Large new study highlights inequality in access to important adults.
/0 Comments/in Mentoring Research, New Mentoring Research /by Ariel ErvinHagler, M. A., & Poon, C. Y. S. (2023). Contextual antecedents and well-being indicators associated with children’s and adolescents’ access to supportive nonparent adults. Journal of Community Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.23016 Summarized by Ariel Ervin Notes of Interest: Evidence indicates that having supportive non-parent adults (SNPAs) correlates with a myriad of positive youth outcomes. Research shows that longer-lasting and […]
Fostering Positive Youth-Adult Relationships: My Experience in an Outdoor Education Environment
/0 Comments/in Practice /by Ariel ErvinBy Tiffany Ross, Reprinted from YouthREX YouthREX collaborated with students at Brock University reflecting on their placements involving child and youth work. In this reflection, a student shares her knowledge of how to build stronger relationships with youth in our communities, and discusses the unique challenges and lessons she learned while working with youth. Read […]
Can learning-related social support mitigate the effect life stress has on adolescent life satisfaction?
/0 Comments/in Mentoring Research /by Ariel ErvinLyons, M. D., & Jiang, X. (2022). School-related social support as a buffer to stressors in the development of adolescent life satisfaction. Journal of Applied School Psychology, 38(1), 21–38. https://doi.org/10.1080/15377903.2021.1895397 Summarized by Ariel Ervin Notes of Interest: Research shows that learning-related social support correlates with developmental outcomes. It’s still unclear whether learning-related social support mitigates the […]
Adapting to Connect Young People to Opportunity
/0 Comments/in Practice /by Ariel ErvinWe Will Have to Do It in a Post-Pandemic World By Patrice Cromwell, Reprinted from The Annie E. Casey Foundation “Adapt.” That’s what we’ve been advising young people for years — since the Great Recession, really — as they have sought footholds in an American economy increasingly defined by precarity. It’s a refrain that echoed through the first year […]
How does social support affect the mental health of incarcerated people?
/0 Comments/in Mentoring Research /by Ariel ErvinChassay, L., & Kremer, K. P. (2022). Association between social support and mental health of incarcerated individuals. Journal of Correctional Health Care, 28(1), 47–53. https://doi.org/10.1089/jchc.20.01.0003 Summarized by Ariel Ervin Notes of Interest: Incarcerated people experience mental health issues more frequently than the general population. 56% of incarcerated people in state prisons have one or more […]
[Distinguished Lecture Series] Using Visual Methods to Research Adolescents’ Trust Within: Supportive Youth-Adult Relationships
/0 Comments/in Webinars, Podcasts and Forums /by Ariel ErvinDate: August 12, 2021 12:00PM EDT Trust is key to supportive youth-adult relationships yet also dynamic and abstract. Visual methods can be used during data collection to enhance the nature of interview data, helping participants better recall the past and think through abstract concepts (Copeland & Agosto, 2012), like trust. In this talk, I will […]
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