Making sense of mentoring or mentoring making sense? Reflections on the mentoring process by adult mentors with young people

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12397397
AutoresK Philip (0000-0003-0730-9302), Leo B Hendry (King's College Hospital)
Año2000
Volumen10
Número3
Páginas211-223
Fecha de publicación2000-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Community & Applied Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1052-9284 • E-ISSN: 1099-1298
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/1099-1298(200005/06)10:3<211::aid-casp569>3.0.co;2-s
OpenAlexW2088214974
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas17
Referencias citadas10

This paper sets out to look at the processes of mentoring from the perspectives of adult mentors who were interviewed as part of a wider study of young people's perceptions and understandings of informal mentoring processes. It seeks to clarify the processes of mentoring within the context of the ‘risk society’ by posing the question, how do young people and mentors perceive these processes? What do mentors get out of the mentoring relationship? Findings from a qualitative study of informal mentoring relationships are drawn on to suggest that the mentors perceive the experience of being identified as a mentor and the processes of mentoring in highly positive terms. It is argued that this provides a form of ‘cultural capital for mentors’ in helping them to make sense of the challenges and dilemmas they face as adults. It is concluded that this finding has important implications for the design of mentoring interventions with young people. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

Context (archaeology · Developmental psychology · Face (sociological concept · Pedagogy · Peer mentoring · Perception · Psychological intervention · Qualitative research · Sociology · Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare · Mentoring and Academic Development · Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support · Social Psychology