An Examination of the Role of Mentees’ Social Skills and Relationship Quality in a School-Based Mentoring Program

Autor: Gera E. Nagelhout, Miranda Sentse, Godfried Engbersen, Loïs Schenk, Margriet Lenkens, Sabine Severiens
Přispěvatelé: Health promotion, RS: CAPHRI - R5 - Optimising Patient Care, Educational and Developmental Psychology, Department of Psychology, Education and Child Studies, Public Health, Sociology
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
Male
Health (social science)
CHILDREN
Developmental psychology
ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION
Social skills
Applied Psychology
Relationship quality
Netherlands
media_common
RISK
Schools
05 social sciences
Youth mentoring
ComputingMilieux_GENERAL
YOUTH
Original Article
Female
CUMULATIVE ADVANTAGE
0305 other medical science
Psychology
050104 developmental & child psychology
Adolescent
School‐based mentoring
Early adolescence
media_common.quotation_subject
School-based mentoring
ADJUSTMENT
Age and gender
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Students
Competence (human resources)
FRIENDSHIP
030505 public health
ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION
Mentors
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
Mentoring
Original Articles
COMPETENCE
Friendship
Trustworthiness
EARLY ADOLESCENCE
School based
GENDER
Program Evaluation
Zdroj: American Journal of Community Psychology, 65(1-2), 149-159. Springer Verlag
American Journal of Community Psychology
American Journal of Community Psychology, 65(1-2), 149-159. Wiley-Blackwell
American Journal of Community Psychology, 65(1-2), 149-159
ISSN: 0091-0562
Popis: Research on youth mentoring highlights the importance of the relationship quality between mentor and mentee; mentoring results in more positive outcomes when the mentee perceives the relationship as satisfying and trustworthy. Research on relationship quality shows that social skills are important for constructing new relationships. However, whereas improved social skills are often one of the main goals of youth mentoring, little is known about the importance of social skills for relationship quality in youth mentoring relations. In this study, we examined whether mentee's pre‐intervention social skills were related to mentor–mentee relationship quality as perceived by the mentee, and in turn, if relationship quality was associated with post‐intervention social skills. We additionally examined possible gender and age differences in these associations. Data were used from a two‐wave study that assessed relationship quality and social skills before and after one semester of mentoring of 390 secondary school students in a school‐based mentoring program. Results indicated that relationship quality was positively associated with post‐intervention social skills. However, only for young mentees pre‐intervention social skills were associated with better relationship quality. Moreover, only for young mentees, relationship quality mediated the association between pre‐ and post‐intervention social skills.
Highlights Mentees’ perceived relationship quality is positively associated to social skill outcomes.Young mentees’ pre‐social skills are positively associated to mentor‐mentee relationship quality.Relationship quality only mediates young mentees’ pre and post‐social skills.Relationship quality is equally important for boys and girls in changes in social skills.
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