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Mentoring Relationship Quality Profiles and Their Association with Urban, Low-Income Youth's Academic Outcomes
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Liao, C. Lynn; Sánchez, Bernadette – Youth & Society, 2019
This study aimed to (a) identify mentoring quality profiles based on characteristics of informal mentoring relationships, (b) examine how mentor and youth demographic characteristics were related to the profiles, and (c) investigate whether the profiles were related to youth's academic outcomes. Participants were 411 ninth-grade urban, low-income…
Descriptors: Mentors, Correlation, Urban Youth, Low Income
Developing Natural Mentoring Relationships among Latinx Youth: The Roles of Trust in Adults and Stressors
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Monjaras-Gaytan, Lidia Y.; Sánchez, Bernadette; Smith Carter, Jocelyn – Applied Developmental Science, 2022
Mentoring is one avenue to support Latinx adolescents in their positive development. The current study examined the roles of stressors and interpersonal trust toward adults in the formation and quality (instrumental and relational) of natural mentoring relationships. Participants were 347 Latinx adolescents who were surveyed in the 9th and 10th…
Descriptors: Mentors, Trust (Psychology), Stress Variables, Intervention
Helping Me Helps Us: The Role of Natural Mentors in the Ethnic Identity and Academic Outcomes of Latinx Adolescents
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Sánchez, Bernadette; Anderson, Amy J.; Carter, Jocelyn Smith; Mroczkowski, Alison L.; Monjaras-Gaytan, Lidia Y.; DuBois, David L. – Developmental Psychology, 2020
This research investigated the potential contributions of natural mentoring relationships and ethnic identity to the academic attitudes and performance of Latinx high school students. In a sample of 347 urban Latinx students in grades 9 and 10, analyses examined the presence and quality of mentoring relationships as well as ethnic identity…
Descriptors: Mentors, Self Concept, Hispanic American Students, Grade 9
A Mixed-Method Program Implementation: Overcoming Obstacles Life Skills Program in a Medium-Sized Suburban School District
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Gross, Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2016
While many educators viewed transition as a one-time event, it often proved to be more of a process than simply an occasion (Cohen & Smerdon, 2009). The researcher observed through the role as a school counselor that students with high anxiety tended to exhibit low resilience during times of transition. In order to assist students as they…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Program Implementation, Daily Living Skills, Suburban Schools
Initial Results of a New Clinical Practice Model: Impact on Learners at Risk
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Wasburn-Moses, Leah; Noltemeyer, Amity L.; Schmitz, Kristin J. – Teacher Educator, 2015
The last several years have seen a dramatic increase in interest surrounding the role of clinical experiences in enhancing the learning of teacher candidates. Further, pressure has intensified to demonstrate the impact of teacher candidates on P-12 learners. With these goals in mind, a model alternative school/university partnership was created,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Partnerships in Education, College School Cooperation, Teacher Education
An Africentric Rite of Passage Program and Its Impact on Adolescent African-American Male Attendance, Discipline, and Achievement
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Ford-Little, Monica – Online Submission, 2006
The purpose of this study is to examine an Africentric rite of passage program's impact on African-American male high school students. It is intended to determine whether a rite of passage program will affect attendance, discipline and achievement. The study also investigates the development of a school-based Africentric program as well as its…
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, African American Students, Males, High School Students