Krahn, Tara, T.K. (2022) The Mediating Role of Trust on Self-Disclosure and Student Engagement. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Older students often mentor their younger peers, taking over the role of peer-mentors. Their relationship to their mentees can have positive consequences, such as the students’ engagement in class, functioning as a predictor for academic achievements. Thus this research aimed to investigate how student engagement is related to relevant peer-mentor self-disclosure and whether this relationship is mediated by trust. Furthermore, a moderator, anxious attachment style was included in the study. The analysis used the Hayes PROCESS macro for SPSS. The study was conducted by administering a questionnaire to first-year university students from the University of Groningen. The students participated in a year-long course, in which they were mentored by a peer-mentor and faculty-mentor interchangeably, this study focuses on the peer-mentor and student relationship. The moderated-mediation model was only partially significant. There seemed to be a significant relationship between relevant peer-mentor self-disclosure and trust as well as trust and student engagement. Anxious attachment style was found to be not significantly related to self-disclosure and trust. Furthermore, the relationship between self-disclosure and student engagement was also found to be not significant. Future implications are discussed from an academic and practical perspective. The take-home message is that relevant self-disclosure appears to have an effect on trust and student engagement, thus mentors-mentee relationships might benefit from topic-related self-disclosure. However, further research is needed to establish a more conclusive picture on the relationship.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Donofrio, S.M. and Agostini, M. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Jul 2022 07:39 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Jul 2022 07:39 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/718 |
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