Predictors of natural mentoring relationships and students’ adjustment to college

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 525-544 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciano Berardi ◽  
Bernadette Sanchez ◽  
Gabriel Kuperminc
Keyword(s):  
Mentoring Relationships ◽  
Adjustment To College ◽  
Natural Mentoring

Conferring Kinship: Examining Fictive Kinship Status in a Black Adolescent’s Natural Mentoring Relationship

2021 ◽  
pp. 009579842110026
Author(s):  
Edward D. Scott ◽  
Nancy L. Deutsch
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Mentoring Relationships ◽  
Relational Context ◽  
Mentoring Relationship ◽  
Fictive Kinship ◽  
Natural Mentoring ◽  
Narrative Methodology ◽  
Positive Feature ◽  
Nonparental Adults

This case study examines the way an adolescent Black boy extends his kinship network as a part of navigating and demonstrating agency in mentoring relationships with nonparental adults. We purposively selected one participant, Bodos, from the sample of a larger mixed-method study involving youth, aged 12 to 18 years, in the southeastern United States. Drawing on narrative methodology, we used a holistic-content approach to analyze Bodos’ responses to semistructured interviews. Bodos used several narratives to describe his experiences. We offer three findings: (a) Fictive kinship is a positive feature of Black adaptive culture that can be leveraged by Black youth as a tool for creating a distinct relational dynamic with their mentors, (b) adolescent Black boys possess skills and knowledge that both preexist and emerge within positive mentoring relationships, and (c) youth agency and expectations manifest in mentoring relationships to inform and influence those adults’ significance. This case study furthers the field’s understanding of how cultural practices can positively influence relational development and create a unique relational context and experience.

Natural Mentoring Relationships

2012 ◽  
pp. 143-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc A. Zimmerman ◽  
Jeffrey B. Bingenheimer ◽  
Diana E. Behrendt
Keyword(s):  
Mentoring Relationships ◽  
Natural Mentoring

Natural Mentoring Relationships as a Protective Factor for Victims of Bullying

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 405-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel D. Drevon ◽  
Samuel Y. Kim ◽  
Stephanie Secord Fredrick
Keyword(s):  
Protective Factor ◽  
Mentoring Relationships ◽  
Natural Mentoring ◽  
Victims Of Bullying
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