Alison L Drew
Biographic Data
| ID | 4226777 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alison L Drew |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alison L |
| FAMILY NAME | Drew |
| SIGNATURE | DREW A L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boston University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3590-1269 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 71 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
A Little Goes a Long Way: Highly Mobile Military- Connected Parents’ and Students’ Perspectives on School Supports for School Transitions
In the United States, military service members and their families move often. High rates of mobility in military-connected (MC) families means frequent school changes, which can take a toll on children. There is a nascent but growing literature on the role that school supports can play in helping MC children with school transitions. To better understand the role of school supports for MC students and families who frequently change schools, we int…
I wished I could have said bye: Exploring Youth Reactions to Formal Mentoring Relationship Endings
Qualitative examination of homecoming experiences among active-duty military fathers during reintegration
Active-duty military fathers are frequently away from their families throughout their military career and are faced with readjusting to family and garrison life after each separation. For fathers of very young children, reintegration can have unique challenges due to the tremendous developmental progression occurring in early childhood and the impact of lengthy deployment separations. While much of the research on military families focuses on ext…
Do program practices matter for mentors: How implementation of empirically supported program practices is associated with youth mentoring relationship quality
This study investigates how the implementation of program‐level practices by formal youth mentoring programs is associated with the quality of youth mentoring relationships as contexts for youth development and also examines whether this connection is mediated by the mentor‐staff working alliance. Using data from mentors ( n = 542) participating in multiple programs ( n = 55), multilevel path models examined hypothesized direct and mediated effec…
Going the distance: A longitudinal qualitative study of formal youth mentoring relationship development
More enduring formal youth mentoring relationships tend to be more effective, but our understanding of how such relationships develop and are sustained remains limited. This prospective, qualitative study examined the development of 67 one‐to‐one, community‐based mentoring relationships over a 2‐year period. Data included interviews with mentors, youth, and the youth's parent/guardian across multiple time‐points and agency case notes. Five develo…
(Not) minding the gap: A qualitative interview study of how social class bias can influence youth mentoring relationships
This study sought to examine how social class bias may be enacted by mentors and mentoring program staff within community‐based youth mentoring relationships and how these biases may influence the mentoring relationship. A narrative thematic analysis was conducted with interviews from mentors, mentees’ parents/caregivers, and mentoring program staff representing 36 matches participating in a larger, prospective, mixed‐methods study examining fact…
This Gradual Swing Back into Us: Active Duty Army Spouses' Experiences During Homecoming and Post-Deployment Family Reintegration
This qualitative study examined the post-deployment experiences of 16 female spouses, whose active duty Army husband had returned from deployment within the previous 2 years and who had a young child during the deployment. Spouses reported that the time surrounding their husbands' return was one of the great transitions, often accompanied by stress. Most families were able to work through challenges and show positive adjustment over time. However…
Ready? Set? Go: Examining Organizational Readiness for Change in a Quality Improvement Intervention for Youth Mentoring Programs
Objective: Interest in promoting more widespread use of evidence-based practice standards in mentoring programs is rising. To describe and better understand efforts to implement recommended standards, we studied a multilevel initiative by a national advocacy organization in which state-level affiliates guided local mentoring programs through a structured quality improvement process. Specifically, we examined organizational readiness for change am…
Mentors’ approach to relationship-building and the supports they provide to youth: A qualitative investigation of community-based mentoring relationships
Program staff perspectives on implementing youth‐initiated mentoring with systems‐involved youth
Youth‐initiated mentoring (YIM) is an approach to mentor recruitment that represents a significant departure from how formal mentoring typically has been conceptualized and carried out, most notably by having youth identify their own mentors. Despite enthusiasm for YIM, implementation can require significant shifts in program practices. Given the limited resources with which most mentoring programs have to work, it is important to discern staff i…
Investigating mentor commitment in youth mentoring relationships: The role of perceived program practices
Highly committed mentors may be less likely to end their mentoring relationships with their mentees. Theory suggests commitment is predicted by relationship satisfaction, investment, and perceptions of available alternatives. Mentoring program practices may influence commitment, but little research has investigated potential mechanisms. Using data from 537 mentors representing 55 mentoring programs, this study examined a theoretical path model in…
Coparenting across the Deployment Cycle: Observations from Military Families with Young Children
Contemporary service members and their partners have adapted their coparenting to respond to the specific transitions and disruptions associated with wartime deployment cycles and evolving child development. This qualitative study draws upon interviews with service member and home front parents of very young children to characterize their coparenting experiences throughout the deployment cycle. Parents described varied approaches as they consider…
Who Knows Me the Best and Can Encourage Me the Most?”: Matching and Early Relationship Development in Youth-Initiated Mentoring Relationships with System-Involved Youth
Youth-initiated mentoring (YIM), in which youth select adults from within their communities to serve as mentors in relationships that are formalized through mentoring programs, has the potential to redress problems faced by many mentoring programs that could adversely affect system-involved youth, such as volunteer attrition and premature match closures. However, only a few programs have implemented YIM, and there is little research on this appro…
A positive guiding hand”: A qualitative examination of youth-initiated mentoring and the promotion of interdependence among foster care youth
Girls (and Boys) Just Want to Have Fun: A Mixed-Methods Examination of the Role of Gender in Youth Mentoring Relationship Duration and Quality
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: A Qualitative Interview Study of How and Why Youth Mentoring Relationships End
Endings in youth mentoring relationships have received little empirical attention despite the fact that many relationships do end. The present study utilized qualitative interview data collected from participants in a longitudinal study of community-based mentoring relationships to examine how and why the relationships ended and how participants experienced these endings. Interviews with 48 pairs of mentors and youth and the youth's parent or gua…
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: A Qualitative Interview Study of How and Why Youth Mentoring Relationships End
Endings in youth mentoring relationships have received little empirical attention despite the fact that many relationships do end. The present study utilized qualitative interview data collected from participants in a longitudinal study of community-based mentoring relationships to examine how and why the relationships ended and how participants experienced these endings. Interviews with 48 pairs of mentors and youth and the youth's parent or gua…
Who Knows Me the Best and Can Encourage Me the Most?”: Matching and Early Relationship Development in Youth-Initiated Mentoring Relationships with System-Involved Youth
Youth-initiated mentoring (YIM), in which youth select adults from within their communities to serve as mentors in relationships that are formalized through mentoring programs, has the potential to redress problems faced by many mentoring programs that could adversely affect system-involved youth, such as volunteer attrition and premature match closures. However, only a few programs have implemented YIM, and there is little research on this appro…
A positive guiding hand”: A qualitative examination of youth-initiated mentoring and the promotion of interdependence among foster care youth
(Not) minding the gap: A qualitative interview study of how social class bias can influence youth mentoring relationships
This study sought to examine how social class bias may be enacted by mentors and mentoring program staff within community‐based youth mentoring relationships and how these biases may influence the mentoring relationship. A narrative thematic analysis was conducted with interviews from mentors, mentees’ parents/caregivers, and mentoring program staff representing 36 matches participating in a larger, prospective, mixed‐methods study examining fact…
Program staff perspectives on implementing youth‐initiated mentoring with systems‐involved youth
Youth‐initiated mentoring (YIM) is an approach to mentor recruitment that represents a significant departure from how formal mentoring typically has been conceptualized and carried out, most notably by having youth identify their own mentors. Despite enthusiasm for YIM, implementation can require significant shifts in program practices. Given the limited resources with which most mentoring programs have to work, it is important to discern staff i…
Investigating mentor commitment in youth mentoring relationships: The role of perceived program practices
Highly committed mentors may be less likely to end their mentoring relationships with their mentees. Theory suggests commitment is predicted by relationship satisfaction, investment, and perceptions of available alternatives. Mentoring program practices may influence commitment, but little research has investigated potential mechanisms. Using data from 537 mentors representing 55 mentoring programs, this study examined a theoretical path model in…
Do program practices matter for mentors: How implementation of empirically supported program practices is associated with youth mentoring relationship quality
This study investigates how the implementation of program‐level practices by formal youth mentoring programs is associated with the quality of youth mentoring relationships as contexts for youth development and also examines whether this connection is mediated by the mentor‐staff working alliance. Using data from mentors ( n = 542) participating in multiple programs ( n = 55), multilevel path models examined hypothesized direct and mediated effec…
Mentors’ approach to relationship-building and the supports they provide to youth: A qualitative investigation of community-based mentoring relationships
Going the distance: A longitudinal qualitative study of formal youth mentoring relationship development
More enduring formal youth mentoring relationships tend to be more effective, but our understanding of how such relationships develop and are sustained remains limited. This prospective, qualitative study examined the development of 67 one‐to‐one, community‐based mentoring relationships over a 2‐year period. Data included interviews with mentors, youth, and the youth's parent/guardian across multiple time‐points and agency case notes. Five develo…
Coparenting across the Deployment Cycle: Observations from Military Families with Young Children
Contemporary service members and their partners have adapted their coparenting to respond to the specific transitions and disruptions associated with wartime deployment cycles and evolving child development. This qualitative study draws upon interviews with service member and home front parents of very young children to characterize their coparenting experiences throughout the deployment cycle. Parents described varied approaches as they consider…
Girls (and Boys) Just Want to Have Fun: A Mixed-Methods Examination of the Role of Gender in Youth Mentoring Relationship Duration and Quality
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: A Qualitative Interview Study of How and Why Youth Mentoring Relationships End
Endings in youth mentoring relationships have received little empirical attention despite the fact that many relationships do end. The present study utilized qualitative interview data collected from participants in a longitudinal study of community-based mentoring relationships to examine how and why the relationships ended and how participants experienced these endings. Interviews with 48 pairs of mentors and youth and the youth's parent or gua…
Who Knows Me the Best and Can Encourage Me the Most?”: Matching and Early Relationship Development in Youth-Initiated Mentoring Relationships with System-Involved Youth
Youth-initiated mentoring (YIM), in which youth select adults from within their communities to serve as mentors in relationships that are formalized through mentoring programs, has the potential to redress problems faced by many mentoring programs that could adversely affect system-involved youth, such as volunteer attrition and premature match closures. However, only a few programs have implemented YIM, and there is little research on this appro…
A positive guiding hand”: A qualitative examination of youth-initiated mentoring and the promotion of interdependence among foster care youth
Investigating mentor commitment in youth mentoring relationships: The role of perceived program practices
Highly committed mentors may be less likely to end their mentoring relationships with their mentees. Theory suggests commitment is predicted by relationship satisfaction, investment, and perceptions of available alternatives. Mentoring program practices may influence commitment, but little research has investigated potential mechanisms. Using data from 537 mentors representing 55 mentoring programs, this study examined a theoretical path model in…
Coparenting across the Deployment Cycle: Observations from Military Families with Young Children
Contemporary service members and their partners have adapted their coparenting to respond to the specific transitions and disruptions associated with wartime deployment cycles and evolving child development. This qualitative study draws upon interviews with service member and home front parents of very young children to characterize their coparenting experiences throughout the deployment cycle. Parents described varied approaches as they consider…
Ready? Set? Go: Examining Organizational Readiness for Change in a Quality Improvement Intervention for Youth Mentoring Programs
Objective: Interest in promoting more widespread use of evidence-based practice standards in mentoring programs is rising. To describe and better understand efforts to implement recommended standards, we studied a multilevel initiative by a national advocacy organization in which state-level affiliates guided local mentoring programs through a structured quality improvement process. Specifically, we examined organizational readiness for change am…
Mentors’ approach to relationship-building and the supports they provide to youth: A qualitative investigation of community-based mentoring relationships
Program staff perspectives on implementing youth‐initiated mentoring with systems‐involved youth
Youth‐initiated mentoring (YIM) is an approach to mentor recruitment that represents a significant departure from how formal mentoring typically has been conceptualized and carried out, most notably by having youth identify their own mentors. Despite enthusiasm for YIM, implementation can require significant shifts in program practices. Given the limited resources with which most mentoring programs have to work, it is important to discern staff i…
(Not) minding the gap: A qualitative interview study of how social class bias can influence youth mentoring relationships
This study sought to examine how social class bias may be enacted by mentors and mentoring program staff within community‐based youth mentoring relationships and how these biases may influence the mentoring relationship. A narrative thematic analysis was conducted with interviews from mentors, mentees’ parents/caregivers, and mentoring program staff representing 36 matches participating in a larger, prospective, mixed‐methods study examining fact…
This Gradual Swing Back into Us: Active Duty Army Spouses' Experiences During Homecoming and Post-Deployment Family Reintegration
This qualitative study examined the post-deployment experiences of 16 female spouses, whose active duty Army husband had returned from deployment within the previous 2 years and who had a young child during the deployment. Spouses reported that the time surrounding their husbands' return was one of the great transitions, often accompanied by stress. Most families were able to work through challenges and show positive adjustment over time. However…
Do program practices matter for mentors: How implementation of empirically supported program practices is associated with youth mentoring relationship quality
This study investigates how the implementation of program‐level practices by formal youth mentoring programs is associated with the quality of youth mentoring relationships as contexts for youth development and also examines whether this connection is mediated by the mentor‐staff working alliance. Using data from mentors ( n = 542) participating in multiple programs ( n = 55), multilevel path models examined hypothesized direct and mediated effec…
Going the distance: A longitudinal qualitative study of formal youth mentoring relationship development
More enduring formal youth mentoring relationships tend to be more effective, but our understanding of how such relationships develop and are sustained remains limited. This prospective, qualitative study examined the development of 67 one‐to‐one, community‐based mentoring relationships over a 2‐year period. Data included interviews with mentors, youth, and the youth's parent/guardian across multiple time‐points and agency case notes. Five develo…
Qualitative examination of homecoming experiences among active-duty military fathers during reintegration
Active-duty military fathers are frequently away from their families throughout their military career and are faced with readjusting to family and garrison life after each separation. For fathers of very young children, reintegration can have unique challenges due to the tremendous developmental progression occurring in early childhood and the impact of lengthy deployment separations. While much of the research on military families focuses on ext…
I wished I could have said bye: Exploring Youth Reactions to Formal Mentoring Relationship Endings
A Little Goes a Long Way: Highly Mobile Military- Connected Parents’ and Students’ Perspectives on School Supports for School Transitions
In the United States, military service members and their families move often. High rates of mobility in military-connected (MC) families means frequent school changes, which can take a toll on children. There is a nascent but growing literature on the role that school supports can play in helping MC children with school transitions. To better understand the role of school supports for MC students and families who frequently change schools, we int…
Psychology (14 works) · Mentoring and Academic Development (11 works) · Developmental psychology (10 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Youth Development and Social Support (9 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Qualitative research (7 works) · Positive Youth Development (6 works) · Sociology (6 works)