A Study of a Cross-Age Peer Mentoring Program on Educationally Disconnected Young Adults.

A small body of literature has identified cross-age peer mentoring (CAPM) as an effective mentoring model that is reciprocal in nature, affecting the outcomes of both mentees and mentors. To date, however, much of the attention and research focused on CAPM models have been conducted within school se...

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Publicado en:Social Work Vol. 63; no. 4; pp. 327 - 337
Autores principales: Vil, Christopher St., Angel, Adam
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Oct2018
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          Vil, Christopher St.
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        affil: Christopher St. Vil, PhD, MSW, is assistant professor, School of Social Work, University at Buffalo, 685 Baldy Hall, Buffalo, NY; . Adam Angel, MSW, is program manager, Montgomery County Conservation Corps, Latin American Youth Center, Silver Spring, MD
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        Human services
        Social history
        Ability
        Academic achievement
        Adolescence
        Focus groups
        Interpersonal relations
        Interviewing
        Mentoring
        Training
        Qualitative research
        Community-based social services
        Psychology
        Twenty-first century
        Peer counseling
        Research methodology
        Thematic analysis
        Descriptive statistics
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          Social history
          Ability
          Academic achievement
          Adolescence
          Focus groups
          Interpersonal relations
          Interviewing
          Mentoring
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          Psychology
          Other Individual and Family Services
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          Peer counseling
          Research methodology
          Thematic analysis
          Descriptive statistics
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        cross-age peer mentoring
        educationally disengaged
        men of color
        mentoring
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        cross-age peer mentoring
        educationally disengaged
        men of color
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      ab: A small body of literature has identified cross-age peer mentoring (CAPM) as an effective mentoring model that is reciprocal in nature, affecting the outcomes of both mentees and mentors. To date, however, much of the attention and research focused on CAPM models have been conducted within school settings and few have described programs with an emphasis on disconnected young adults. This current study reports on the findings of a process evaluation that used qualitative methods to examine the impact of a cross-age group peer mentoring program on educationally disengaged young adults serving as mentors. For mentors, benefits of engaging in the CAPM program included (a) giving back, (b) preventing idleness, and (c) creating a sense of community. The results suggest that CAPM has the potential to serve as an intervention model for programs working with disengaged young adults. The article concludes with a discussion on implications for social work practice.
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