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Varga SM, Deutsch NL. Revealing Both Sides of the Story: A Comparative Analysis of Mentors and Protégés Relational Perspectives. J Prim Prev. 2016;37(5):449-65doi: 10.1007/s10935-016-0443-6.
Varga, S. M., & Deutsch, N. L. (2016). Revealing Both Sides of the Story: A Comparative Analysis of Mentors and Protégés Relational Perspectives. The journal of primary prevention, 37(5), 449-65. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-016-0443-6
Varga, Shannon M, and Deutsch, Nancy L. "Revealing Both Sides of the Story: A Comparative Analysis of Mentors and Protégés Relational Perspectives." The journal of primary prevention vol. 37,5 (2016): 449-65. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-016-0443-6
Varga SM, Deutsch NL. Revealing Both Sides of the Story: A Comparative Analysis of Mentors and Protégés Relational Perspectives. J Prim Prev. 2016 Oct;37(5):449-65. doi: 10.1007/s10935-016-0443-6. PMID: 27638710.
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J Prim Prev. 2016 Oct;37(5):449-65. doi: 10.1007/s10935-016-0443-6.

Revealing Both Sides of the Story: A Comparative Analysis of Mentors and Protégés Relational Perspectives.

The journal of primary prevention

Shannon M Varga, Nancy L Deutsch

Affiliations

  1. Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, 405 Emmet Street South, Box 400281, Charlottesville, VA, 22904, USA. [email protected].
  2. Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, 405 Emmet Street South, Box 400281, Charlottesville, VA, 22904, USA.

PMID: 27638710 DOI: 10.1007/s10935-016-0443-6

Abstract

Mentoring continues to be a popular intervention for promoting positive youth development. However, the underlying mechanisms associated with sustainable and successful relationships remain largely unknown. Our study aimed to expand on previous literature by examining characteristics that have previously been linked to mentoring outcomes (e.g., authenticity, empathy), from a process-focused lens. We utilized post program satisfaction scores and interviews to examine the presence of each characteristic in a large sample of dyads (n = 144) as well as dyads' levels of agreement or disagreement about aspects of the relationships. We found that high satisfaction dyads demonstrated greater congruity and detail in their descriptions of their relationships, whereas low satisfaction dyads were highly divergent and inconsistent in their descriptions. In addition, misattunement, a negative relational aspect, was the most powerful distinguisher between high and low satisfaction dyads, which provides support for mentors receiving attunement training in order to reduce instances of misattunement. Findings from this study highlight the importance of examining and assessing mentoring relationships from both the mentor and protégé perspectives, as a single perspective may not present a full picture of the relationship.

Keywords: Attunement; Comparative; Dyad; Dyadic relationships; Mentee; Mentor; Mentoring; Protégé

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