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Family involvement in the youth mentoring process: A focus group study with program staff

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  • Spencer, Renée
  • Basualdo-Delmonico, Antoinette

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Although youth mentoring is most commonly understood to be a relationship between an at-risk youth and a non-related adult, programs are increasingly developing practices intended to involve youth's families in the mentoring process. However, due to the tendency to focus largely on the mentoring dyad, these practices are rarely examined leaving us with little sense of what family involvement entails and how it may influence the mentoring process. Six focus groups were conducted with staff members (n=39) from 24 agency affiliates of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America in order to identify and describe the ways that agencies are involving families in the mentoring process. Three distinct approaches emerged: (a) involving, (b) engaging and serving, and (c) collaborating. These approaches were characterized by both the philosophical approach to families articulated in these groups and the day-to-day practices that appeared to grow out of these values and beliefs.

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  • Spencer, Renée & Basualdo-Delmonico, Antoinette, 2014. "Family involvement in the youth mentoring process: A focus group study with program staff," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 41(C), pages 75-82.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:41:y:2014:i:c:p:75-82
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.03.013
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    1. Downey, Sarah K. & Lyons, Michael D. & Williams, Joanna L., 2022. "The role of family relationships in youth mentoring: An ecological perspective," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 138(C).
    2. Lakind, Davielle & Atkins, Marc & Eddy, J. Mark, 2015. "Youth mentoring relationships in context: Mentor perceptions of youth, environment, and the mentor role," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 53(C), pages 52-60.
    3. Keller, Thomas E. & Overton, Bahia & Pryce, Julia M. & Barry, Johanna E. & Sutherland, Andrew & DuBois, David L., 2018. "“I really wanted her to have a Big Sister”: Caregiver perspectives on mentoring for early adolescent girls," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 88(C), pages 308-315.
    4. Williamson, Supriya & Deutsch, Nancy L. & Lawrence, Edith C., 2020. "A qualitative exploration of mentoring relationship development for girls experiencing maternal relationship difficulties," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 119(C).
    5. Drew, Alison L. & Spencer, Renée, 2021. "Mentors’ approach to relationship-building and the supports they provide to youth: A qualitative investigation of community-based mentoring relationships," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 121(C).
    6. De Wit, David J. & Lipman, Ellen L. & da Costa, Jose & Graham, Kathryn & Larose, Simon & Pepler, Debra & Coyle, James & DuBois, David & Manzano-Munguia, Maria & Ferro, Annalise, 2016. "Predictors of early versus late match relationship beginnings in Big Brothers Big Sisters community programs," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 281-287.
    7. Limor Goldner & Adar Ben-Eliyahu, 2021. "Unpacking Community-Based Youth Mentoring Relationships: An Integrative Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(11), pages 1-29, May.
    8. Sourk, Meredith & Weiler, Lindsey M. & Cavell, Timothy A., 2019. "Risk, support, and reasons for wanting a mentor: Comparing parents of youth in community versus school-based matches," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 99(C), pages 156-164.
    9. Erdem, Gizem & DuBois, David L. & Larose, Simon & De Wit, David J. & Lipman, Ellen L., 2024. "Associations of youth mentoring with parent emotional well-being and family functioning: Longitudinal findings from a study of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 156(C).
    10. Dutton, Hilary & Deane, Kelsey L. & Bullen, Pat, 2018. "Distal and experiential perspectives of relationship quality from mentors, mentees, and program staff in a school-based youth mentoring program," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 85(C), pages 53-62.
    11. Basualdo-Delmonico, Antoinette M. & Spencer, Renée, 2016. "A parent's place: Parents', mentors' and program staff members' expectations for and experiences of parental involvement in community-based youth mentoring relationships," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 6-14.

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