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Racial discrimination and ethnic identity in Latina/o youth
by Bernadette Sanchez Ali Mroczkowski, my student, and I recently published a study on the roles of adult racial discrimination and ethnic identity in Latina/o youth’s perception of the economic value...
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Let’s build partnerships to improve evidence uptake
Post by Vivian Tseng, Vice President, Programs at the William T. Grant Foundation. Follow her on Twitter @VivianT88. From Psychology Today. In 2006, Professor Paul Cobb of Vanderbilt University...
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Does Your School or Program Really Value Relationships? Six Questions to Ask…
By: Kent Pekel, Ed.D. President, Search Institute. Post from Search Institute blog As I visit schools, youth programs, and community coalitions across the country to discuss Search Institute’s new...
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Things May Fall Apart but You Will Make it Through with a Little Help from...
We are pleased to feature this thoughtful essay about first generation college students from Professor Margarita Azmitia. Dr. Azmitia grew up in Guatemala and is a Professor of Psychology at the...
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Jean Rhodes receives the UMass Boston 2015 Chancellor’s Award for...
On May 29, 2015, Jean Rhodes was awarded the UMass Boston 2015 Chancellor’s Award for Distinguished Scholarship. Click here to view Jean Rhodes receiving the award.
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Pulling youth out of class for school-based mentoring might be...
Schwartz S. O., Rhodes, J. E., & Herrera, C. (2012). The influence of meeting time on academic outcomes in school-based mentoring. Children and Youth Services Review, 34, 1, 2319-2326 Method:...
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Next Live Webinar: “They always come, and they never say goodbye:” Healthy...
“They always come, and they never say goodbye:” Healthy Closure in Mentoring Thursday, June 18, 2015 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM EDT REGISTER ONLINE The way that a relationship ends can have a big impact on a...
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Now online: The new science of mentoring: Leveraging evidence to improve...
See the keynote address that Professor Jean Rhodes gave at the European Mentoring Congress last year. https://vimeo.com/89859321 Keynote address from the 2014 Mentoring Congress in Heerenveen, The...
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December 2015 International Mentoring Conference in Cancun Mexico!
Dear friends, colleagues and mentoring activists, We always refer to time as flying, and truly it does, but it is still so amazing and almost unbelievable for us to note that Perach, Israel´s...
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Study examines how parents feel about their children’s mentoring relationships
Spencer, R., Basualdo-Delmonico, A., & Lewis, T.O. (2011). Working to make it work: The role of parents in the youth mentoring process. Journal of Community Psychology, 39 (1), 51-59. Parents want...
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Mentally Stepping Back from Problems Helps Youth Deal with Negative Emotions
Adolescence is a time of frequent and intense emotional experiences, but some youth handle their emotions better than others. Why do some young people react adaptively while others ruminate? A new...
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The long and winding path to adulthood
by Jean Rhodes Until relatively recently, the transition to adulthood in Western cultures was often marked by the achievement of such milestones as marriage, home ownership, childbearing, and...
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The New Science of Wise Psychological Interventions
By Gregory M. Walton (Stanford University) From the abstract Citizens complete a survey the day before a major election; a change in the survey items’ grammatical structure increases turnout by 11...
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By: Jean Rhodes “It is extraordinarily difficult to love children in the abstract, to devote oneself exclusively to the next generation. It is only through precise, attentive knowledge of particular...
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Study suggests that teens prefer adult mentors to peer mentors
Editor’s Note: What do teens want? Below, Laura Yoviene summarizes a recent study that solicited teens’ own views on efforts aimed at promoting their emotional well-being. Kendal, S., Keeley, P., &...
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Methods Corner Cracking the code: How to Read a Research Paper
by Adar Ben-Eliyahu, PhD For many of us, reading an academic research paper can be overwhelming. We open the document and can become easily overwhelmed by the arcane language and complicated...
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call for Postdoctoral Educational Research Associate position at Stanford...
Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Educational Research Associate Stanford University Learning Experience Design and Development (LX) Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning We seek applicants who are...
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New study highlights the importance of self-control in childhood
Converse, P. D., Piccone, K. A., & Tocci, M. C. (2014). Childhood self-control, adolescent behavior, and career success. Personality and Individual Differences, 59, 65-70. Summarized by Emily...
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Combining mentoring with structured group activities: A potential...
The Journal of Early Adolescence 2012 Deutsch summarized by UMass Boston clinical psychology student Laura Yoviene Problem: Most after-school programs are activity-oriented and aim to serve a specific...
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Can “deep” relationships form in e-mentoring programs?
by Kevin O’Neill – Associate Professor, Education and Technology, Simon Fraser University Throughout my career, I have been developing, running, and studying a series of small school-based e-mentoring...
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