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A parent's place: Parents', mentors' and program staff members' expectations for and experiences of parental involvement in community-based youth mentoring relationships

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  • Basualdo-Delmonico, Antoinette M.
  • Spencer, Renée

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Youth mentoring has been conceptualized largely as a dyadic relationship between a mentor and mentee, with less attention paid to the role of parents. This study contributes to an emerging body of research on parent involvement by examining expectations for parents' roles in the mentoring process held by program staff, mentors, and parents themselves. In-depth interviews with mentoring program staff (n=12), mentors (n=30), and a parent or guardian of the youth being mentored (n=30) were analyzed to identify these participants' views on the role of parents. Findings indicate that mentors and program staff were more aligned in their views and tended to be more focused on the ways that parents could potentially interfere with or otherwise disrupt the mentor–youth relationship. Parents' views were more varied and rooted in differences in both their individual values and beliefs about the role of a mentor in their child's life, their parenting styles and ways they expected adults outside of the family who were interacting with their child to engage with them. Implications for future research on parent involvement and for mentoring program practices are discussed.

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  • 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.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:61:y:2016:i:c:p:6-14
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.11.021
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    8. 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).

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