Ewers, Steffen (2022) Peer Versus Faculty Mentor: Identification as a Mediator Between the Relationship of Self-Disclosure and Subjective Student Outcomes. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Self-disclosure is a communication skill not only relevant for therapists but also for mentors in an academic setting. Indeed, research has found positive effects of self-disclosure on subjective student outcomes such as motivation and content clarity. However, less is known about the mechanisms which explain these effects. This is why in the present study, identification with the mentor was investigated as a potential mediator. Further, the match between student and mentor gender was analyzed as a moderator of the relationship between the mentor’s self-disclosure and identification with the mentor. The student outcomes were student engagement and connectedness with the mentor. The proposed research model was tested separately for peer and faculty mentors. The online survey data of 107 students was analyzed in this cross-sectional study. Results showed that peer and faculty mentor self-disclosure had no direct effect on any student outcome. However, there was a significant indirect effect of faculty mentor self-disclosure on faculty mentor connectedness when identification with the faculty mentor was analyzed as a mediator. Further, there was a significant relationship between identification with the peer mentor and both student outcomes. In conclusion, peer and faculty mentors should be cognizant of how well their students can identify with them because this might affect student outcomes. In particular, faculty mentors should know that their level of self-disclosure is related to how well students identify with them and thereby influences their students’ sense of connectedness. Future research should replicate this study using a longitudinal design in order to measure changes in the variables over time. Keywords: self-disclosure, identification, peer mentor, faculty mentor, student engagement, mentor connectedness, gender
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Donofrio, S.M. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Jul 2022 07:44 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Jul 2022 07:44 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/719 |
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