Taking care of youth mentoring relationships: red flags, repair, and respectful resolution
Mentoring is portrayed in the literature as benefiting young people, but ineffective or early termination of youth mentoring relationships can be detrimental. Researchers have not adequately explored issues surrounding the breakdown of youth mentoring relationships. Underpinned by a socio-ecological...
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| author | MacCallum, J. Beltman, Susan Coffey, A. Cooper, T. |
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| description | Mentoring is portrayed in the literature as benefiting young people, but ineffective or early termination of youth mentoring relationships can be detrimental. Researchers have not adequately explored issues surrounding the breakdown of youth mentoring relationships. Underpinned by a socio-ecological perspective, in this exploratory study we consider the various contexts within which these important relationships exist and identify early warning signs or red flags that a mentoring relationship is struggling. We interviewed mentees, mentors, and coordinators from four Western Australian youth mentoring programs about their experiences of mentoring relationships. Our findings suggest that red flags and repair strategies may be specific to particular programs, and that program coordinators play an important role in supporting relationships. Our research will help youth mentoring programs work toward early intervention strategies or appropriate and respectful termination of a relationship. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-570782018-02-06T07:35:23Z Taking care of youth mentoring relationships: red flags, repair, and respectful resolution MacCallum, J. Beltman, Susan Coffey, A. Cooper, T. Mentoring is portrayed in the literature as benefiting young people, but ineffective or early termination of youth mentoring relationships can be detrimental. Researchers have not adequately explored issues surrounding the breakdown of youth mentoring relationships. Underpinned by a socio-ecological perspective, in this exploratory study we consider the various contexts within which these important relationships exist and identify early warning signs or red flags that a mentoring relationship is struggling. We interviewed mentees, mentors, and coordinators from four Western Australian youth mentoring programs about their experiences of mentoring relationships. Our findings suggest that red flags and repair strategies may be specific to particular programs, and that program coordinators play an important role in supporting relationships. Our research will help youth mentoring programs work toward early intervention strategies or appropriate and respectful termination of a relationship. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57078 10.1080/13611267.2017.1364799 restricted |
| spellingShingle | MacCallum, J. Beltman, Susan Coffey, A. Cooper, T. Taking care of youth mentoring relationships: red flags, repair, and respectful resolution |
| title | Taking care of youth mentoring relationships: red flags, repair, and respectful resolution |
| title_full | Taking care of youth mentoring relationships: red flags, repair, and respectful resolution |
| title_fullStr | Taking care of youth mentoring relationships: red flags, repair, and respectful resolution |
| title_full_unstemmed | Taking care of youth mentoring relationships: red flags, repair, and respectful resolution |
| title_short | Taking care of youth mentoring relationships: red flags, repair, and respectful resolution |
| title_sort | taking care of youth mentoring relationships: red flags, repair, and respectful resolution |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57078 |