Ronald F. Ferguson, Jason Snipes
Positive and healthy identities enhance resilience and lower vulnerability to environmental risks. This article examines the effects of the mentoring relationship on the young person's self-perception or identity and decision-making skills. Lasting impacts of mentoring can occur only when relationships move successfully through the early trust-building stages. The authors provide a developmental model for building effective mentoring relationships and concrete guidelines for helping youth build positive identities.
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