Stokke, Katrine Marit (2024) Examining Soft Outcomes: The Effect of Mentor Approachability on Student Belonging and Intellectual Risk Taking Behavior. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
In this study, we examined the effect of mentoring programs on student outcomes, specifically the effect of peer mentor and faculty mentor approachability on their students’ feeling of belongingness in the classroom and their engagement in Intellectual Risk Taking behavior (IRT). We implemented a cross-sectional, correlational, observational design within a psychology student sample. Our findings showed that students perceived both student and faculty mentors as similarly approachable. When students perceived their peer mentor as approachable, it seems to have had a positive effect on their feeling of belongingness. Conversely, faculty mentor approachability had no effect on student belongingness. Neither student nor faculty mentor approachability had an effect on their students’ IRT. The generalizability of our findings is limited since our sample consists of only students from the University of Groningen, but they still give valuable insight into the mentor-student relationship found in mentor programs across universities. Further implications are discussed in the paper. Keywords: peer mentor, faculty mentor, mentor, mentor approachability, intellectual risk taking, feeling of belongingness
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Donofrio, S.M. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Jul 2024 11:40 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Jul 2024 11:40 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3897 |
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