What's in a Relationship? An Examination of Social Capital, Race and Class in Mentoring Relationships

Autor/in	Gaddis, S. Michael
Titel	What's in a Relationship? An Examination of Social Capital, Race and Class in Mentoring Relationships
Quelle	In: Social Forces, 90 (2012) 4, S.1237-1269 (33 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0037-7732
DOI	10.1093/sf/sos003
Schlagwörter	Race; Social Class; Social Science Research; Mentors; Trust (Psychology); Organizations (Groups); Social Capital; Youth; Academic Achievement; Interpersonal Relationship; Social Differences; Models; Scores; Time; Parents; Adolescents; Correlation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rasse; Abstammung; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Social scientific research; Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung; Sozialkapital; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Schulleistung; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Sozialer Unterschied; Analogiemodell; Zeit; Eltern; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Korrelation
Abstract	After 25 years of intense scrutiny, social capital remains an important yet highly debated concept in social science research. This research uses data from youth and mentors in several chapters of Big Brothers/Big Sisters to assess the importance of different mentoring relationship characteristics in creating positive outcomes among youths. The literature on social capital suggests that key characteristics are: (1. the amount of time spent between individuals, (2. racial similarity, (3. level of trust, (4. social class difference, and (5. intergenerational closure. I examine the effects of these social capital measures on academic and deviant behavioral outcomes and run models using propensity score weights to address selection bias. The results indicate that both the amount of time spent in a relationship and the level of trust consistently have positive effects for youths. Counter to what some theory suggests, race-matching and closure between parent and mentor have limited effects, and social class difference between individuals has no significant effect on any of the examined outcomes. These findings have important implications for future work on social capital and adolescent relationships in general. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10