Social acceptance from peers and youth mentoring: Implications for addressing loneliness and social isolation.
loneliness
mentoring programs
mentoring relationships
peer relationships
social acceptance
social isolation
youth mentoring
Journal
Journal of community psychology
ISSN: 1520-6629
Titre abrégé: J Community Psychol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0367033
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 2023
07 2023
Historique:
revised:
21
12
2022
received:
25
08
2022
accepted:
14
01
2023
medline:
14
6
2023
pubmed:
26
1
2023
entrez:
25
1
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Youth mentoring may be able to support lonely and socially isolated youth. This study examined the association between participating in youth mentoring programs and mentee perception of social acceptance from peers. Regression models considered the association between mentoring and peer social acceptance in terms of demographics, program features, and baseline peer relationship quality for 693 youth from 27 mentoring programs. The construct validity of a social acceptance scale was explored. The scale suggested two factors of peer social acceptance. No significant changes in peer social acceptance were observed before and after participating in mentoring programs. Trends in social acceptance indicated that positive/negative feelings in the mentor-mentee relationship were associated with positive/negative indicators of peer social acceptance. Mentoring programs may be able to help prevent loneliness and social isolation through positive aspects of the mentor-mentee relationships, but additional intervention activities are likely necessary to support lonely and socially isolated youth.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
2065-2082Informations de copyright
© 2023 The Authors. Journal of Community Psychology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.
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