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ERIC Number: EJ1081298
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Dec
Pages: 12
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: EISSN-1538-4799
EISSN: N/A
Perspectives of Young Emerging Adults with Serious Mental Health Conditions on Vocational Peer Mentors
Klodnick, Vanessa V.; Sabella, Kathryn; Brenner, Christopher J.; Krzos, Izabela M.; Ellison, Marsha L.; Kaiser, Susan M.; Davis, Maryann; Fagan, Marc A.
Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, v23 n4 p226-237 Dec 2015
For early emerging adults with serious mental health conditions, vocational services with peer mentors are a promising adaptation of adult system evidence-based practices. Peer mentors were added to the Individual Placement and Support model of supported employment for 17- to 20-year-olds receiving residential and psychiatric care. To explore the feasibility of vocational peer mentors, open-ended satisfaction surveys and the Working Alliance Inventory were administered to mentees at 12 months. Thematic analysis of surveys reveals the importance of peer mentor authenticity, flexibility, and being a graduate of the mental health program where vocational services were based. Valued relational processes include the act of talking in the community, feeling understood, and forming a bond with peer mentors. Mentees with positive peer mentoring experiences reported stronger working alliances. This study sheds light onto near-age mentoring relational processes for this population, which can inform future research of mentoring processes and intervention design.
SAGE Publications and Hammill Institute on Disabilities. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Postsecondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (ED/OSERS); Department of Education (ED); Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (DHHS/PHS), Center for Mental Health Services; US Department of Health and Human Services
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Illinois
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Working Alliance Inventory
Grant or Contract Numbers: H133B090018