A comparison of expectations of volunteers, children, and parents in a big brother-big sister program

Bibliographic Data

ID11044945
AuthorsGregory J Meissen (Wichita State University), John W Lounsbury (University of Tennessee at Knoxville)
Year1981
Volume9
Issue3
Pages250-256
Publication date1981-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-4392 • E-ISSN: 1520-6629
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/1520-6629(198107)9:3<250::aid-jcop2290090309>3.0.co;2-w
OpenAlexW2067956858
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited12

The expectations of individuals involved in a relationship have long been regarded as important to the initiation and continuance of that relationship. This study examined the expectations regarding the benefits, time and money spent, and duration of the relationship between the volunteer and the single parent family involved in a Big Brother—Big Sister agency. The expectations of the volunteers, parents, and children of the 18 randomly chosen Big Brother—Big Sister matches were found to have an overall low level of agreement on the importance of the potential benefits of the agency. Significant differences were found between the intramatch expectations of matches where problems were reported when compared to those with no reported problems, but the expectations of the short versus long duration matches were not significantly different. These findings were discussed in terms of previous research on expectations as well as the orientation and initiation procedures of the agency. Further procedures were suggested to improve the congruency of expectations prior to the initiation of the match.

Agency (philosophy) · Brother · Continuance · Developmental psychology · Duration (music) · Political science · Sister · Sociology · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Law · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Psychology · Social Psychology

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