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Mentoring relationship closures in big brothers big sisters community mentoring programs: patterns and associated risk factors

dc.contributor.coauthorDeWit, David J.
dc.contributor.coauthorDuBois, David
dc.contributor.coauthorLarose, Simon
dc.contributor.coauthorLipman, Ellen L.
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Psychology
dc.contributor.kuauthorGürel, Gizem Erdem
dc.contributor.schoolcollegeinstituteCollege of Social Sciences and Humanities
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-09T12:29:13Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractPrevious 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 12month period of commitment. The probability of closure was highest at 12months 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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dc.description.indexedbyPubMed
dc.description.issue1&2
dc.description.openaccessYES
dc.description.publisherscopeInternational
dc.description.sponsoredbyTubitakEuN/A
dc.description.sponsorshipCanadian Institutes of Health Research
dc.description.sponsorshipBig Brothers Big Sisters of Canada
dc.description.versionAuthor's final manuscript
dc.description.volume57
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/ajcp.12023
dc.identifier.eissn1573-2770
dc.identifier.embargoNO
dc.identifier.filenameinventorynoIR01047
dc.identifier.issn0091-0562
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14288/1846
dc.identifier.wos374704500006
dc.keywordsSocial work
dc.keywordsYouth
dc.keywordsMentoring
dc.keywordsRelationship
dc.keywordsClosure
dc.keywordsRisk factor
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.grantnoMOP 81115
dc.relation.grantnoMOP 130435
dc.relation.ispartofAmerican Journal of Community Psychology
dc.relation.urihttp://cdm21054.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/IR/id/5456
dc.subjectPublic, environmental and occupational health
dc.subjectMultidisciplinary psychology
dc.titleMentoring relationship closures in big brothers big sisters community mentoring programs: patterns and associated risk factors
dc.typeJournal Article
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local.contributor.kuauthorGürel, Gizem Erdem
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