Amy J Anderson
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4624768 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Amy J Anderson |
| NOMBRES | Amy J |
| APELLIDO | Anderson |
| FIRMA | ANDERSON A J |
| AFILIACIONES | University of North Texas |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1067-3204 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 22 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 48 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 22 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2018 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Access and Sense Making
Educators are often unsure how to support students with disabilities in grade-level mathematics, and special education intervention often focuses exclusively on computational fluency. In this case study, we explore how one third-grade student with learning disabilities successfully engaged in grade-level mathematics problem solving across 45 video-recorded one-on-one instructional sessions. Although she experienced difficulty with foundational nu…
A Qualitative Exploration of Language Brokering and Parent-Child Relationships in Korean Immigrant Families
Preparing for participatory action research
Participatory action research aligns well with the goals of colleges of education and the interests of student researchers, yet graduate students often face challenges in pursuing this approach that warrant additional support strategies. Using critical reflexivity as a guiding framework, the current paper presents a professional development module aimed at enhancing education doctoral students’ critical reflexivity around initiating participatory…
Loneliness Among Racially Minoritized Adolescents
Loneliness is a public health concern. This cross-sectional study investigated whether racial discrimination from adults and ethnic-racial identity were associated with youth loneliness and whether ethnic-racial identity moderated the association between discrimination and loneliness. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were conducted on survey data from 159 racially minoritized early adolescents ( M age = 12.51 years; 50% female, 49% male,…
The effectiveness of providing training and ongoing support to foster cultural humility in volunteers serving as mentors to youth of color
gov -Clinical Trial #NCT05391711; original 05.21.2022; Amendment 07.01.2022: study status was updated and more details were provided on outcome measures; Amendment 11/13/2022: sample size was modified, a few mentor outcome measures were added in the 12-months survey, the timing of a mentor measure was updated
A mixed methods study of natural mentoring relationships and loneliness in emerging adulthood
This is Why We All Show Up
This study explores the development of adult mentors participating in a summer youth program, focusing on how mentoring relationships and shared activities with youth impact mentors' personal and professional growth. The analysis integrates focus group data and participant observations collected over the course of the weeklong program to identify key themes. Findings reveal that affirming mentor‐youth connections within the program's youth‐initia…
Profiles in cultural humility
Cultural humility development in adults serving as mentors for youth
This qualitative review synthesizes evidence regarding how cultural humility (i.e., critical self‐reflection, challenging inequity) may be influenced by the experience of serving as a mentor in a youth program. A systematic search identified 35 qualitative studies with findings that address this question. Thematic synthesis of extracted data identified the following six themes, all but one of which pertains to ways in which serving as a mentor ap…
Are adults influenced by the experience of mentoring youth? A scoping review
AIMS: A relatively large body of research exists on the effectiveness of mentoring programs directed at youth and numerous syntheses of this literature have proven useful for advancing both research and practice. Less studied, but also important is the potential for adults serving in the role of mentor to young persons to be influenced by this experience. A scoping review was conducted with the aim of identifying and critically assessing major tr…
Striving for safety, impact, and equity
In this virtual special issue (VSI) we curate and reflect upon 22 articles on formal youth mentoring previously published in the American Journal of Community Psychology (AJCP) . First, we provide historical context and highlight AJCP 's 2002 special issue on mentoring, which played an important role in establishing youth mentoring as a vibrant area of research. Next, we review and discuss findings from subsequent AJCP studies in three interrelat…
Identifying predictors of psychological well‐being among volunteer mentors in Big Brothers Big Sisters
Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) facilitates mentoring relationships between youth and volunteer mentors. Although research has examined outcomes for youth in BBBS, relatively less investigation has been undertaken for volunteer outcomes. This study explored factors associated with changes in psychological well-being among BBBS volunteer mentors. Participants included 593 mentors (Mage = 31) surveyed at study baseline and 15-month follow-up. A cla…
A Pilot Evaluation of a Social Justice and Race Equity Training for Volunteer Mentors
Mentor training on cultural humility is an area of needed support in formal youth mentoring relationships. This pilot study used an experimental design to examine the role of a social justice and race equity training on volunteer mentors’ cognitive and affective outcomes related to cultural humility in mentoring. The sample included 99 volunteer mentors paired with adolescent mentees in an established formal mentoring program. Mentors predominant…
Why Don’t They Just Move Closer?”
The aim of this paper is to explore high school students’ critical consciousness development in the context of youth participatory action research (YPAR) focused on food security at an alternative school in Alabama. The YPAR project took place in an elective agriscience class with 10 students (Seven Black, two white, one Latino) who were in the 10th to 12th grades. Utilizing data from researcher notes, classroom observations, and archival classro…
Anti-Racism Education and Training for Adult Mentors Who Work With Bipoc Adolescents
Racism and White supremacy culture shape the experiences of youth and adults in mentoring programs, which is detrimental to the development of BIPOC youth. The aims of this paper are to a) show why anti-racism training and education for adult mentors is necessary for promoting the positive development of BIPOC youth and b) offer a framework for anti-racist education and training for mentors. We review research showing how mentors’ attitudes about…
Act, Talk, Reflect, Then Act
The current mixed‐method study examined the role of natural mentors in the cyclical process of college students’ sociopolitical development, particularly their critical consciousness. College students ( N = 145) completed surveys at two time points over a one‐year period. Path analyses indicated that critical action and perceived inequalities were significantly associated with more social justice conversations with mentors and that having more so…
Emerging Adults' Social Justice Engagement
This study examines emerging adults’ perceived motivations and barriers to social justice engagement, and how their social identities shape involvement. We conducted in‐depth interviews with service‐learning students ( n = 30). Thematic analysis of interview data revealed that participants perceived several motivations and barriers to engagement, including the following: (a) the current political climate, (b) self‐efficacy to make small‐scale cha…
A Qualitative Systematic Review of Youth Participatory Action Research Implementation in U.S. High Schools
This qualitative systematic review examined the context‐specific factors that influence the implementation of youth participatory action research (YPAR) projects in high schools within the United States. Thematic synthesis was conducted to identify and analyze the YPAR implementation factors that were present in 38 peer‐reviewed studies. Results indicate the following two analytic themes concerning YPAR implementation in high schools: (a) pedagog…
Helping me helps us
This research investigated the potential contributions of natural mentoring relationships and ethnic identity to the academic attitudes and performance of Latinx high school students. In a sample of 347 urban Latinx students in grades 9 and 10, analyses examined the presence and quality of mentoring relationships as well as ethnic identity exploration and affirmation as predictors of changes in grade point average and the perceived economic value…
Blended Collaborative Care to Treat Heart Failure and Comorbid Depression
OBJECTIVE: Despite numerous improvements in care, morbidity from heart failure (HF) has remained essentially unchanged in recent years. One potential reason is that depression, which is comorbid in approximately 40% of hospitalized HF patients and associated with adverse HF outcomes, often goes unrecognized and untreated. The Hopeful Heart Trial is the first study to evaluate whether a widely generalizable telephone-delivered collaborative care p…
Natural Mentoring, Academic Motivation, and Values Toward Education Among Latinx Adolescents
We examined the roles of relational and instrumental relationship quality with natural mentors and academic intrinsic motivation on Latinx adolescents’ perceived economic values of education. Participants were 256 Latinx youth ( M = 15.07 years old; 116 boys, 140 girls) who completed surveys in 9th and 10th grades. Path analyses indicated significant cross‐sectional effects in 9th grade such that instrumental quality was associated with more perc…
Supporting adults to support youth
The current research examined pre‐ and post survey data in two social justice trainings for adults who support youth, including staff and volunteers (Study 1, N = 44) at youth‐serving organizations and adults who mentor young Black men and boys (Study 2, N = 72). We investigate whether training participants’ self‐report scores of cultural competences (studies 1 and 2), self‐efficacy for race equity (Study 1) and racial self‐efficacy to support me…
Anti-Racism Education and Training for Adult Mentors Who Work With Bipoc Adolescents
Racism and White supremacy culture shape the experiences of youth and adults in mentoring programs, which is detrimental to the development of BIPOC youth. The aims of this paper are to a) show why anti-racism training and education for adult mentors is necessary for promoting the positive development of BIPOC youth and b) offer a framework for anti-racist education and training for mentors. We review research showing how mentors’ attitudes about…
Helping me helps us
This research investigated the potential contributions of natural mentoring relationships and ethnic identity to the academic attitudes and performance of Latinx high school students. In a sample of 347 urban Latinx students in grades 9 and 10, analyses examined the presence and quality of mentoring relationships as well as ethnic identity exploration and affirmation as predictors of changes in grade point average and the perceived economic value…
Supporting adults to support youth
The current research examined pre‐ and post survey data in two social justice trainings for adults who support youth, including staff and volunteers (Study 1, N = 44) at youth‐serving organizations and adults who mentor young Black men and boys (Study 2, N = 72). We investigate whether training participants’ self‐report scores of cultural competences (studies 1 and 2), self‐efficacy for race equity (Study 1) and racial self‐efficacy to support me…
A Pilot Evaluation of a Social Justice and Race Equity Training for Volunteer Mentors
Mentor training on cultural humility is an area of needed support in formal youth mentoring relationships. This pilot study used an experimental design to examine the role of a social justice and race equity training on volunteer mentors’ cognitive and affective outcomes related to cultural humility in mentoring. The sample included 99 volunteer mentors paired with adolescent mentees in an established formal mentoring program. Mentors predominant…
Act, Talk, Reflect, Then Act
The current mixed‐method study examined the role of natural mentors in the cyclical process of college students’ sociopolitical development, particularly their critical consciousness. College students ( N = 145) completed surveys at two time points over a one‐year period. Path analyses indicated that critical action and perceived inequalities were significantly associated with more social justice conversations with mentors and that having more so…
Striving for safety, impact, and equity
In this virtual special issue (VSI) we curate and reflect upon 22 articles on formal youth mentoring previously published in the American Journal of Community Psychology (AJCP) . First, we provide historical context and highlight AJCP 's 2002 special issue on mentoring, which played an important role in establishing youth mentoring as a vibrant area of research. Next, we review and discuss findings from subsequent AJCP studies in three interrelat…
Why Don’t They Just Move Closer?”
The aim of this paper is to explore high school students’ critical consciousness development in the context of youth participatory action research (YPAR) focused on food security at an alternative school in Alabama. The YPAR project took place in an elective agriscience class with 10 students (Seven Black, two white, one Latino) who were in the 10th to 12th grades. Utilizing data from researcher notes, classroom observations, and archival classro…
Natural Mentoring, Academic Motivation, and Values Toward Education Among Latinx Adolescents
We examined the roles of relational and instrumental relationship quality with natural mentors and academic intrinsic motivation on Latinx adolescents’ perceived economic values of education. Participants were 256 Latinx youth ( M = 15.07 years old; 116 boys, 140 girls) who completed surveys in 9th and 10th grades. Path analyses indicated significant cross‐sectional effects in 9th grade such that instrumental quality was associated with more perc…
Cultural humility development in adults serving as mentors for youth
This qualitative review synthesizes evidence regarding how cultural humility (i.e., critical self‐reflection, challenging inequity) may be influenced by the experience of serving as a mentor in a youth program. A systematic search identified 35 qualitative studies with findings that address this question. Thematic synthesis of extracted data identified the following six themes, all but one of which pertains to ways in which serving as a mentor ap…
Supporting adults to support youth
The current research examined pre‐ and post survey data in two social justice trainings for adults who support youth, including staff and volunteers (Study 1, N = 44) at youth‐serving organizations and adults who mentor young Black men and boys (Study 2, N = 72). We investigate whether training participants’ self‐report scores of cultural competences (studies 1 and 2), self‐efficacy for race equity (Study 1) and racial self‐efficacy to support me…
Blended Collaborative Care to Treat Heart Failure and Comorbid Depression
OBJECTIVE: Despite numerous improvements in care, morbidity from heart failure (HF) has remained essentially unchanged in recent years. One potential reason is that depression, which is comorbid in approximately 40% of hospitalized HF patients and associated with adverse HF outcomes, often goes unrecognized and untreated. The Hopeful Heart Trial is the first study to evaluate whether a widely generalizable telephone-delivered collaborative care p…
Natural Mentoring, Academic Motivation, and Values Toward Education Among Latinx Adolescents
We examined the roles of relational and instrumental relationship quality with natural mentors and academic intrinsic motivation on Latinx adolescents’ perceived economic values of education. Participants were 256 Latinx youth ( M = 15.07 years old; 116 boys, 140 girls) who completed surveys in 9th and 10th grades. Path analyses indicated significant cross‐sectional effects in 9th grade such that instrumental quality was associated with more perc…
A Qualitative Systematic Review of Youth Participatory Action Research Implementation in U.S. High Schools
This qualitative systematic review examined the context‐specific factors that influence the implementation of youth participatory action research (YPAR) projects in high schools within the United States. Thematic synthesis was conducted to identify and analyze the YPAR implementation factors that were present in 38 peer‐reviewed studies. Results indicate the following two analytic themes concerning YPAR implementation in high schools: (a) pedagog…
Helping me helps us
This research investigated the potential contributions of natural mentoring relationships and ethnic identity to the academic attitudes and performance of Latinx high school students. In a sample of 347 urban Latinx students in grades 9 and 10, analyses examined the presence and quality of mentoring relationships as well as ethnic identity exploration and affirmation as predictors of changes in grade point average and the perceived economic value…
Why Don’t They Just Move Closer?”
The aim of this paper is to explore high school students’ critical consciousness development in the context of youth participatory action research (YPAR) focused on food security at an alternative school in Alabama. The YPAR project took place in an elective agriscience class with 10 students (Seven Black, two white, one Latino) who were in the 10th to 12th grades. Utilizing data from researcher notes, classroom observations, and archival classro…
Anti-Racism Education and Training for Adult Mentors Who Work With Bipoc Adolescents
Racism and White supremacy culture shape the experiences of youth and adults in mentoring programs, which is detrimental to the development of BIPOC youth. The aims of this paper are to a) show why anti-racism training and education for adult mentors is necessary for promoting the positive development of BIPOC youth and b) offer a framework for anti-racist education and training for mentors. We review research showing how mentors’ attitudes about…
Act, Talk, Reflect, Then Act
The current mixed‐method study examined the role of natural mentors in the cyclical process of college students’ sociopolitical development, particularly their critical consciousness. College students ( N = 145) completed surveys at two time points over a one‐year period. Path analyses indicated that critical action and perceived inequalities were significantly associated with more social justice conversations with mentors and that having more so…
Emerging Adults' Social Justice Engagement
This study examines emerging adults’ perceived motivations and barriers to social justice engagement, and how their social identities shape involvement. We conducted in‐depth interviews with service‐learning students ( n = 30). Thematic analysis of interview data revealed that participants perceived several motivations and barriers to engagement, including the following: (a) the current political climate, (b) self‐efficacy to make small‐scale cha…
A Pilot Evaluation of a Social Justice and Race Equity Training for Volunteer Mentors
Mentor training on cultural humility is an area of needed support in formal youth mentoring relationships. This pilot study used an experimental design to examine the role of a social justice and race equity training on volunteer mentors’ cognitive and affective outcomes related to cultural humility in mentoring. The sample included 99 volunteer mentors paired with adolescent mentees in an established formal mentoring program. Mentors predominant…
Are adults influenced by the experience of mentoring youth? A scoping review
AIMS: A relatively large body of research exists on the effectiveness of mentoring programs directed at youth and numerous syntheses of this literature have proven useful for advancing both research and practice. Less studied, but also important is the potential for adults serving in the role of mentor to young persons to be influenced by this experience. A scoping review was conducted with the aim of identifying and critically assessing major tr…
Striving for safety, impact, and equity
In this virtual special issue (VSI) we curate and reflect upon 22 articles on formal youth mentoring previously published in the American Journal of Community Psychology (AJCP) . First, we provide historical context and highlight AJCP 's 2002 special issue on mentoring, which played an important role in establishing youth mentoring as a vibrant area of research. Next, we review and discuss findings from subsequent AJCP studies in three interrelat…
Identifying predictors of psychological well‐being among volunteer mentors in Big Brothers Big Sisters
Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) facilitates mentoring relationships between youth and volunteer mentors. Although research has examined outcomes for youth in BBBS, relatively less investigation has been undertaken for volunteer outcomes. This study explored factors associated with changes in psychological well-being among BBBS volunteer mentors. Participants included 593 mentors (Mage = 31) surveyed at study baseline and 15-month follow-up. A cla…
Profiles in cultural humility
Cultural humility development in adults serving as mentors for youth
This qualitative review synthesizes evidence regarding how cultural humility (i.e., critical self‐reflection, challenging inequity) may be influenced by the experience of serving as a mentor in a youth program. A systematic search identified 35 qualitative studies with findings that address this question. Thematic synthesis of extracted data identified the following six themes, all but one of which pertains to ways in which serving as a mentor ap…
The effectiveness of providing training and ongoing support to foster cultural humility in volunteers serving as mentors to youth of color
gov -Clinical Trial #NCT05391711; original 05.21.2022; Amendment 07.01.2022: study status was updated and more details were provided on outcome measures; Amendment 11/13/2022: sample size was modified, a few mentor outcome measures were added in the 12-months survey, the timing of a mentor measure was updated
A mixed methods study of natural mentoring relationships and loneliness in emerging adulthood
This is Why We All Show Up
This study explores the development of adult mentors participating in a summer youth program, focusing on how mentoring relationships and shared activities with youth impact mentors' personal and professional growth. The analysis integrates focus group data and participant observations collected over the course of the weeklong program to identify key themes. Findings reveal that affirming mentor‐youth connections within the program's youth‐initia…
Access and Sense Making
Educators are often unsure how to support students with disabilities in grade-level mathematics, and special education intervention often focuses exclusively on computational fluency. In this case study, we explore how one third-grade student with learning disabilities successfully engaged in grade-level mathematics problem solving across 45 video-recorded one-on-one instructional sessions. Although she experienced difficulty with foundational nu…
A Qualitative Exploration of Language Brokering and Parent-Child Relationships in Korean Immigrant Families
Preparing for participatory action research
Participatory action research aligns well with the goals of colleges of education and the interests of student researchers, yet graduate students often face challenges in pursuing this approach that warrant additional support strategies. Using critical reflexivity as a guiding framework, the current paper presents a professional development module aimed at enhancing education doctoral students’ critical reflexivity around initiating participatory…
Loneliness Among Racially Minoritized Adolescents
Loneliness is a public health concern. This cross-sectional study investigated whether racial discrimination from adults and ethnic-racial identity were associated with youth loneliness and whether ethnic-racial identity moderated the association between discrimination and loneliness. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were conducted on survey data from 159 racially minoritized early adolescents ( M age = 12.51 years; 50% female, 49% male,…
Psychology (15 obras) · Youth Development and Social Support (13 obras) · Social Psychology (10 obras) · Mentoring and Academic Development (9 obras) · Pedagogy (9 obras) · Sociology (8 obras) · Ethnic group (6 obras) · Medicine (6 obras) · Cultural competence (5 obras) · Political science (5 obras)