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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Ahola Kohut, Sara
• Stinson, Jennifer
• Forgeron, Paula
• Luca, Stephanie
• Harris, Lauren

Titel

Been There, Done That: The Experience of Acting as a Young Adult Mentor to Adolescents Living With Chronic Illness

Ist Teil von

• Journal of pediatric psychology, 2017-10, Vol.42 (9), p.962-969

Ort / Verlag

United States: Oxford University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Oxford Journals 2020 Medicine

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• To explore the perceived benefits and challenges of acting as a young adult peer mentor to adolescents with chronic illness. A qualitative descriptive study, using interviews and a focus group, explored the perceptions of young adult peer mentors following participation in the iPeer2Peer program, a Skype-based peer-mentorship program for adolescents with chronic illness. Interviews and focus group data were transcribed and analyzed using inductive content analysis. Ten peer mentors (20.00 ± 1.49 years old, range 17-22 years; diagnosed with chronic pain [n = 4] or juvenile idiopathic arthritis [n = 6]) who mentored four mentees (±2.55 mentees, range = 1-10 mentees) participated. Four main categories were identified: social connection, personal growth, mentor role in mentee growth, and logistics of mentorship. Acting as a peer mentor online is a feasible and rewarding experience that supports the mentor's own illness self-management, social connection, and personal growth.