The Quality of Mentoring Relationships and Mentoring Success

Autor/inn/en	Goldner, Limor; Mayseless, Ofra
Titel	The Quality of Mentoring Relationships and Mentoring Success
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 38 (2009) 10, S.1339-1350 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-008-9345-0
Schlagwörter	Research Design; Mentors; Parent Child Relationship; Foreign Countries; Intervention; Program Descriptions; Social Adjustment; Student Adjustment; Interpersonal Relationship; Academic Ability; Self Concept; Social Support Groups; Well Being; Generalization; Mothers; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Forschungsdesign; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Ausland; Soziale Anpassung; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Selbstkonzept; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Mother; Mutter
Abstract	The quality of the relationships that mentors forge with their proteges is assumed to significantly affect the success of mentoring interventions. Building on previous research, this study examined the association between relationship qualities and protege functioning. Multiple reporters (e.g., mentors, proteges and teachers) were used in a prospective research design spanning eight months in Israel's largest mentoring program--"Perach". The sample consisted of 84 proteges ranging in age from 8 to 13 years (M = 10.75). Qualities in the mentoring relationship such as closeness, dependency and unrealistic expectations for the continuation and deepening of the relationship, beyond the planned period, were positively associated with the children's social and academic adjustment, and contributed to perceived academic competence, social support and wellbeing. Generalization of positive mentoring experiences to other relationships (such as the mother-child relationship) and the role of unrealistic expectations and dependency as key elements are considered. Implications of the findings for research and mentoring intervention are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10