Children and Young People "In Care" Participating in a Peer‐Mentoring Relationship: An Exploration of Resilience.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Mantovani, Nadia, ; Gillard, Steve; Mezey, Gill; Clare, Fiona
- Source
- Journal of Research on Adolescence (Wiley-Blackwell); Feb2020 Supplement S2, Vol. 30, p380-390, 11p
- Subject
- Adults
Role models
Young women
Independent living
Medical care
London (England)
- Language
- ISSN
- 10508392
The aim of this study was to explore how a 1‐year peer‐mentoring relationship contributed to change in young women "in care." Twenty semistructured, one‐to‐one interviews were conducted with mentors (n = 11) and mentees (n = 9) recruited from two different London local authorities. Participants' accounts were interpreted through a developmental lens to uncover developmental aspects and locus mechanisms through which transformative change took place. Resilience as a healthy outcome was the result of the dual function the mentoring relationship performed. The mentoring relationship was protective against the risks associated with transitioning to independent living and/or adulthood, and promoted internal assets and competencies whereby the mentees' ability to resist them was enhanced. Establishing a trustworthy connection with a role model promoted developmental domains within mentees. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]