Enabling relationship formation, development, and closure in a one-year female mentoring program at a non-governmental organization: a mixed-method study
| العنوان: | Enabling relationship formation, development, and closure in a one-year female mentoring program at a non-governmental organization: a mixed-method study |
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| المؤلفون: | Madelene Larsson, Camilla Pettersson, Therése Skoog, Charli Eriksson |
| المصدر: | BMC Public Health BMC Public Health, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2016) |
| سنة النشر: | 2015 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Adult, Mixed methods, Adolescent, media_common.quotation_subject, education, Psychological intervention, Intervention, Ambivalence, Developmental psychology, 03 medical and health sciences, Interpersonal relationship, Young Adult, Emerging adulthood, 0302 clinical medicine, Nursing, Health care, Medicine, Humans, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, Interpersonal Relations, 030212 general & internal medicine, Closure (psychology), media_common, Sweden, Organizations, business.industry, lcsh:Public aspects of medicine, Prevention, 05 social sciences, Mentors, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Mentoring, Gender, Loneliness, lcsh:RA1-1270, NGO, Relationship process, Mental health, Mental Health, Feeling, Female, medicine.symptom, Young women, business, Psychological Theory, 050104 developmental & child psychology, Research Article |
| الوصف: | Background Mental health problems among young women aged 16–24 have increased significantly in recent decades, and interventions are called for. Mentoring is a well-established preventative/promotive intervention for developing adolescents, but we have yet to fully understand how the relationship between the mentor and the protégé forms, develops, and closes. In this study, we focused on a female mentoring program implemented by a Swedish non-governmental organization, The Girls Zone. First, we examined the psychological and social characteristics of the young women who chose to take part in the program as protégés. Second, we investigated adolescent female protégés’ own experiences of the relationship process based on a relational-cultural theory perspective. Methods The mixed-method study included 52 questionnaires and five semi-structured interviews with young women aged 15–26 who had contacted The Girls Zone between 2010 and 2012 in order to find a mentor. Their experience of the mentoring relationships varied in duration. Data were analysed statistically and with inductive qualitative content analysis. Results The group of protégés was heterogeneous in that some had poor mental health and some had good mental health. On the other hand, the group was homogenous in that all its members had shown pro-active self-care by actively seeking out the program due to experiences of loneliness and a need to meet and talk with a person who could listen to them. The relationships were initially characterized by feelings of nervousness and ambivalence. However, after some time, these developed into authentic, undemanding, non-hierarchical relationships on the protégés’ terms. The closure of relationships aroused feelings of both abandonment and developing strength. Conclusions Mentorships that are in line with perspectives of the relational-cultural theory meet the relationship needs expressed by the female protégés. Mentor training should focus on promoting skills such as active listening and respect for the protégé based on an engaged, empathic, and authentic approach in a non-hierarchical relationship. These insights have the potential to inform interventions in several arenas where young women create authentic relationships with older persons, such as in school, in traditional health care contexts, and in youth recreation centres. |
| تدمد: | 1471-2458 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::216ea520d592a6063079a37ec23657f1Test https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26905222Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....216ea520d592a6063079a37ec23657f1 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 14712458 |
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