Relational Resilience: Provision of Social Support and Natural Mentoring Relationships

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo S. Torres
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Mentoring Relationships ◽  
Natural Mentoring ◽  
Relational Resilience

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

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

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

scholarly journals Preparing for Future Adversities: Lessons From the COVID-19 Pandemic in Australia for Promoting Relational Resilience in Families

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ebony J. Biden ◽  
Christopher J. Greenwood ◽  
Jacqui A. Macdonald ◽  
Elizabeth A. Spry ◽  
Primrose Letcher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Life Transitions ◽  
Major Life ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Relational Resilience ◽  
Quality Of Relationships

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has placed considerable pressure on families, testing the quality of relationships and the strength of social support within and beyond the family network. However, little is known about the pre-pandemic factors that predict family relational resilience and social functioning during times of natural disaster or global crisis. Here we use data from one of Australia's longest running studies of social and emotional development to examine the nature and timing of possible relational and social support intervention aimed at preparing families for future adversities.Methods: Data were from the Australian Temperament Project Generation 3 (ATPG3) Study, a population representative three generation cohort study of families established in 1983. A subset of Generation 2 parents completed a COVID-19 specific survey in May-September 2020 (502 parents of 871 children; 60% mothers; 37–38 years). These participants had completed the Quality of Relationships Inventory to assess social support during young adulthood, at 23–24 years (2006) and 27–28 years (2010), before next generation conception. Participants had also completed the Maternity Social Support Scale 1 year postpartum for each child born across the ATPG3 assessment period (2012–2019). In 2020, during the height of the Australian lockdowns, participants rated the quality of their relationships with their partners, children and broader family and friends, in addition to social support within and extended beyond their family.Results: Pre-pandemic partner support was associated with partner relationship quality during the pandemic (β = 0.22). Pre-pandemic support from friends was associated with relationship quality with other family and friends during the pandemic (β = 0.12 – 0.18). Pre-pandemic support (from partner, family and friends) was consistently associated with social support within families during the pandemic (β = 0.11 – 0.21). Pre-pandemic support from friends was also associated with family support extended to others within their local community during the pandemic (β = 0.12 – 0.13).Conclusions: Strengthening supportive relationships during major life transitions, prior to the start of family life and in early parenthood, may have long-term and intergenerational benefits years into the future for both families and communities. This may promote resilience during future crises and other more normative stressful life events.

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