Combining Mentoring With Structured Group Activities

A Potential After-School Context for Fostering Relationships Between Girls and Mentors

Bibliographic Data

ID11670668
AuthorsNancy L Deutsch (0000-0001-6021-8747, University of Virginia, corresponding author), Afi Y Wiggins (University of Virginia), Angela K Henneberger (0000-0002-0068-9691, University of Virginia), Edith C Lawrence (University of Virginia)
Year2012
Volume33
Issue1
Pages44-76
Publication date2012-09-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Early Adolescence (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0272-4316 • E-ISSN: 1552-5449
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0272431612458037
OpenAlexW2121970881
LanguageEN
Citations received24
References cited41

The current study explores the potential of one-on-one mentoring facilitated within a structured group format for developing connection and sustaining mentor-mentee relationships with early adolescent girls. Results from a mixed-methods study using survey and observational data reveal that college student mentors and their seventh grade mentees report moderate-to-high satisfaction with the group experience, with no mean differences between groups. Yet there were significant differences between groups in the group members’ (mentees) satisfaction with their one-on-one mentoring relationships. Although all groups demonstrated high levels of some positive social processes related to connectedness (e.g., fun), groups in which mentees’ reported higher levels of satisfaction with their one-on-one relationships engaged in more higher level positive social processes (e.g., caretaking). Groups in which mentee’s reported lower satisfaction with their one-on-one relationships demonstrated more negative social processes (e.g., disengagement). Implications for after-school settings are discussed

Developmental psychology · Disengagement theory · Interpersonal relationship · Observational study · Social connectedness · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Mentoring and Academic Development · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support · Gerontology

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