School of Social Work, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Department of Social Work, California State University, East Bay, Hayward, California, USA.
J Community Psychol. 2021 Sep;49(7):2781-2794. doi: 10.1002/jcop.22514. Epub 2021 Jan 19.
Youth-initiated mentoring (YIM) is an approach to mentor recruitment that represents a significant departure from how formal mentoring typically has been conceptualized and carried out, most notably by having youth identify their own mentors. Despite enthusiasm for YIM, implementation can require significant shifts in program practices. Given the limited resources with which most mentoring programs have to work, it is important to discern staff investment in YIM and what it takes for programs to implement this approach. This study explored YIM implementation at the organizational level through interviews with mentoring program staff (n = 11) and addressed motivations of mentoring program staff to implement YIM, how their programs implemented this approach, and their perceptions of the facilitators and barriers to successful YIM implementation.
青年主导的指导（YIM）是一种指导者招募方法，与传统的正式指导方式有很大的不同，最显著的是让年轻人自己选择导师。尽管人们对 YIM 充满热情，但实施起来可能需要在项目实践中进行重大转变。考虑到大多数指导项目的资源有限，重要的是要了解员工对 YIM 的投入以及项目实施这一方法所需的条件。本研究通过对指导项目工作人员（n=11）的访谈，探讨了组织层面的 YIM 实施情况，并探讨了指导项目工作人员实施 YIM 的动机、他们的项目如何实施这一方法，以及他们对成功实施 YIM 的促进因素和障碍的看法。
