Family Involvement

Taylor, Andrea S.; Porcellini, Lorraine E.

doi:10.4135/9781412996907.n31

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“…This finding is consistent with Keller's view of parents as key stakeholders in the development and maintenance of successful MRs (Keller, 2005) and supports the position that parents can have a positive influence on their child's mentoring experiences (Spencer et al, 2011;Taylor & Porcellini, 2013). It also dispels earlier concerns (Miller, 2007) that directly involving parents in the developing mentor/youth relationship might lead to poorer youth outcomes or perhaps early relationship endings because of parental failure to respect the boundaries between the mentor and youth.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 82%

“…Spencer's (2007) qualitative study of BBBS MR closures found that some early closures occurred when adult mentors perceived agency caseworker involvement in the MR as either too much or too little. Others have identified parents as possible influential players in sustaining youth MRs (Spencer, 2007;Taylor & Porcellini, 2013) noting that parents are important gatekeepers of a youth's continued involvement in a mentoring program (Taylor & Porcellini, 2013) and may enhance positive youth experiences when they develop a personal collaborative relationship with the adult mentor (Spencer, Basualdo-Delmonico & Lewis, 2011).…”

Section: Correlates Of Mr Closuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Mentoring Relationship Closures in Big Brothers Big Sisters Community Mentoring Programs: Patterns and Associated Risk Factors

DeWit

DuBois

Erdem

et al. 2016

American J of Comm Psychol

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Previous research suggests that early mentoring relationship (MR) closures may have harmful consequences for the health and well-being of youth participating in community-based mentoring programs. However, knowledge of the factors that lead some MRs to close early has been slow to emerge. This study examined patterns and correlates of early versus on-time MR closures among 569 youth participating in Big Brothers Big Sisters community mentoring programs. Thirty-four percent of youth experienced an early MR closure prior to the end of the program's 12 month period of commitment. The probability of closure was highest at 12 months into the MR. Early closures were positively associated with youth gender (girls), behavioral difficulties, and match determination difficulties. Early and on-time closures were associated with youth extrinsic motives for joining the program. Early MR closures were negatively associated with youth perceptions of parent emotional support, parent social support, high quality MR, weekly contact in MR, and parent support of the MR. Implications for programming are discussed.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 82%

Section: Correlates Of Mr Closuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mentoring Relationship Closures in Big Brothers Big Sisters Community Mentoring Programs: Patterns and Associated Risk Factors

DeWit

DuBois

Erdem

et al. 2016

American J of Comm Psychol

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“…In parallel with Farahmand et al`s findings, Taylor and Porcellini (2013) hypothesize that it may be precisely when youth experience challenging family or community environments that mentoring alone, isolated from children`s larger ecological issues, does not achieve optimal effects. Given this potential, it is unfortunate that there are few studies that go beyond the dyadic interpersonal relationship between mentor and mentee to examine other important dynamics, such as mentors’ perspectives regarding their relationships with other adults in their mentees’ lives as well as other community influences.…”

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confidence: 60%

“…Close relationships with families and with other key individuals may boost the impact of mentoring by enhancing the depth and authenticity of the relationship between mentor and mentee, activating and coordinating extant supports for youth, and strengthening family systems (Spencer & Basualdo-Delmonico, 2014; Spencer et al, 2011; Taylor & Porcellini, 2013). Mentoring may also represent a unique opportunity to engage with families unlikely to seek services, and who can benefit greatly from the supportive relationship offered via a child`s mentor.…”

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Youth mentoring relationships in context: Mentor perceptions of youth, environment, and the mentor role

Lakind

Atkins

Eddy

2015

Children and Youth Services Review

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Youth mentoring is primarily understood as a relationship between mentor and mentee, yet mentors often enter into home, school, and other community settings associated with youth they serve, and interact regularly with other people in mentees’ lives. Understanding how and why mentors negotiate their role as they do remains underexplored, especially in relation to these environmental elements. This qualitative study drew on structured interviews conducted with professional mentors (N = 9) serving youth at risk for adjustment problems to examine how mentors’ perceptions of their mentees and mentee environments informed their sense of how they fulfilled the mentoring role. Mentors commonly characterized problems youth displayed as byproducts of adverse environments, and individual-level strengths as existing “in spite of” environmental inputs. Perceptions of mentees and their environments informed mentors’ role conceptualizations, with some mentors seeing themselves as antidotes to environmental adversity. Mentors described putting significant time and effort into working closely with other key individuals as well as one-on-one with mentees because they identified considerable environmental need; however, extra-dyadic facets of their roles were far less clearly defined or supported. They described challenges associated with role overload and opaque role boundaries, feeling unsupported by other adults in mentees’ lives, and frustrated by the prevalence of risks. Community-based mentoring represents a unique opportunity to connect with families, but mentors must be supported around the elements of their roles that extend beyond mentor-mentee relationships in order to capitalize more fully on the promise of the intervention.

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“…While initial evidence from a meta‐analysis of mentoring program evaluation research found that parental involvement in mentoring matches may be associated with positive youth outcomes (Dubois et al, ), a subsequent meta‐analysis (Dubois, Portillo, Rhodes, Silverthorn, & Valentine, ) did not find parental involvement to be a significant factor. Other research in this area has found that parental involvement, encouragement, and consistency in communication between parents and stakeholders in a child's life is essential for positive youth development (Harris & Wimer, ; Henderson & Mapp, ; Taylor & Porcellini, ). Others suggest that family involvement can be very challenging and can ultimately undermine the mentoring relationship in various ways (Miller, ; Morrow & Styles, ; Philip, King, & Shucksmith, ; Spencer & Basualdo‐Delmonico, ; Spencer et al, ; Taylor & Bressler, ).…”

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confidence: 99%

If momma ain't happy with the mentoring relationship, ain't nobody happy with the mentoring relationship: Parental satisfaction as a predictor of mentoring match strength and length

Shamblen

Courser

Schweinhart

et al. 2019

Journal Community Psychology

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Much evidence exists on whether an individual's perception of a match relationship impacts match strength and length, but relatively less is known about whether parental perceptions of the match (i.e., whether the match is meeting their goals) impacts the length and strength of mentoring relationships. These relationships were examined in a sample of 350 newly formed youth–mentor matches who completed multiple measures of match strength and satisfaction with the match. Parents/guardians were also surveyed about their level of satisfaction with the match. The primary finding of this paper was that parent/guardian dissatisfaction with the match relationships meeting goals was the only significant predictor of a higher likelihood of match closure. Although youth and mentor self‐reports of satisfaction with how match time was spent were the strongest predictors of volunteer and youth match strength ratings, parent/guardian satisfaction with the match relationship also remained a strong predictor of match strength. The implications of these findings are discussed.

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Family Involvement

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Mentoring Relationship Closures in Big Brothers Big Sisters Community Mentoring Programs: Patterns and Associated Risk Factors

Mentoring Relationship Closures in Big Brothers Big Sisters Community Mentoring Programs: Patterns and Associated Risk Factors

Youth mentoring relationships in context: Mentor perceptions of youth, environment, and the mentor role

If momma ain't happy with the mentoring relationship, ain't nobody happy with the mentoring relationship: Parental satisfaction as a predictor of mentoring match strength and length

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