Trajectories and impact of White mentors’ beliefs about racial and ethnic discrimination in a formal youth mentoring program

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11054898
AutoresSavannah B Simpson (0000-0002-0434-7816, Department of Psychology University of South Carolina Columbia South Carolina USA), Ti Hsu (0000-0001-8078-8720, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences University of Iowa Iowa City Iowa USA), Elizabeth B Raposa (0000-0001-8169-3862, Department of Psychology Fordham University Bronx New York USA, autor correspondente)
Ano2023
Volume71
Fascículo3-4
Páginas465-479
Data de publicação2023-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0091-0562 • E-ISSN: 1573-2770
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajcp.12664
PMID37040034
OpenAlexW4364352742
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas53

To examine associations between White mentors’ beliefs regarding the presence of discrimination towards Black, Indigenous, and people of Color (BIPOC) individuals and mentoring relationship outcomes, mentors’ beliefs about racial/ethnic discrimination were assessed before random mentee assignment and at the end of 9 months of mentoring. White mentors matched with BIPOC youth showed greater increases in beliefs that discrimination limits opportunities for Black Americans. Stronger endorsement of the impacts of discrimination for Hispanic Americans resulted in less youth relationship anxiety when White mentors were matched with White mentees, but not when they were matched with BIPOC mentees. Last, greater increases in beliefs that discrimination limits opportunities for Black Americans resulted in less relationship anxiety for White mentors matched with White mentees, but more relationship anxiety for those matched with BIPOC mentees. Programs should assess and address mentors’ racial biases to minimize harm and augment the impact of mentoring programs for all youth

Anxiety · Developmental psychology · Ethnic group · Harm · Health psychology · Indigenous · Psychiatry · Public health · Racism · Sociology · White (mutation) · Clinical Psychology · Gender Studies · Medicine · Mentoring and Academic Development · Nursing · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support