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Mentoring Undergraduate University Women Survivors of Childhood Abuse and Intimate Partner Violence

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: This inquiry describes the role of mentoring for undergraduate women survivors of trauma. It employed a comparative case approach. Interviews elicited stories from participants reflecting the role mentors have played in their life course and educational experiences. Four major themes emerged: Fantasy mentors, mentor as mirror, mentor as nurturer and supporter, and mentor as the embodiment of a profession. Issues of women's identity were particularly salient to these themes. Deviant cases provided an opportunity to reexamine the limits of the data and exhibited themes of self-reliance or seeing mentoring as controlling. Implications for mentoring women in higher education are discussed.

Source: Journal of college student development

DOI: 10.1353/csd.2011.0046

Authors: Rosemary C. Reilly, Miranda D'Amico

Language: English

Topic: Mentoring and Academic Development

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Gender equality, Quality education, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2168733449

FWCI: 2.831

Cites: 81

Cited by: 13

Related to: 10