Perspectives of Young Emerging Adults with Serious Mental Health Conditions on Vocational Peer Mentors

Autor/inn/en	Klodnick, Vanessa V.; Sabella, Kathryn; Brenner, Christopher J.; Krzos, Izabela M.; Ellison, Marsha L.; Kaiser, Susan M.; Davis, Maryann; Fagan, Marc A.
Titel	Perspectives of Young Emerging Adults with Serious Mental Health Conditions on Vocational Peer Mentors
Quelle	In: Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 23 (2015) 4, S.226-237 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1538-4799
DOI	10.1177/1063426614565052
Schlagwörter	Young Adults; Mental Disorders; Vocational Rehabilitation; Peer Teaching; Mentors; Evidence Based Practice; Supported Employment; Late Adolescents; Residential Care; Health Services; Satisfaction; Surveys; Program Effectiveness; Developmentally Appropriate Practices; Severe Disabilities; Training; Postsecondary Education; Vocational Education; Questionnaires; Likert Scales; Peer Relationship; Illinois; Working Alliance Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Berufliche Rehabilitation; Peer group teaching; Peer Group Teaching; Arbeitsförderungsmaßnahme; Halbstarker; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Zufriedenheit; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Entwicklungsbezogene Bildung; Severe disability; Schwerbehinderung; Ausbildung; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Berufsbildung; Fragebogen; Likert-Skala; Peer-Beziehungen
Abstract	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. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01