Mentoring At-risk Adolescent Girls: Listening to 'Little Sisters'

From Section:

Mentoring & Supervision

Authors:

Maldonado Nancy L., Quarles Alice, Lacey Candace H., Thompson Steve D.

Published:

May. 15, 2008

Source: Mentoring and Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, Volume 16, Issue 2 May 2008 , pages 223 - 234

In order to develop an understanding of mentoring relationships and the impact these relationships might have on the development of high-risk adolescent girls, this qualitative study explored the relationships between six 'Little Sisters' and their 'Big Sister' mentors. The purposefully-selected sample includes women and girls who were actively involved in a formal mentoring relationship for a minimum of three years. Findings suggest that a long-term, nurturing mentoring relationship had a positive impact on the self-efficacy, aspirations, and possible selves of the at-risk adolescent girls.

Updated: Jan. 17, 2017

Keywords:

Adolescents | At -risk students | Mentoring | Self efficacy

Link to Item: http://education.eng.macam.ac.il/article/911