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Mentor relationship effects on perceived quality of life by a sample of rural South African teenagers

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Steytler, Johannes P.D.
Strydom, Herman

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Elliott & Fitzpatrick & NISC [© 2010 Elliot & Fitzpatrick]

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This study investigated mentor effects on the perceived quality of life of South African adolescent boys. Participants were 20 adolescent boys that completed the Child Functioning Inventory High School, a standardised measuring instrument. These teenagers also engaged in an interview on their lived experience of same-sex mentors. Findings suggest that the teenagers with an identified mentor experienced a higher quality of life than their peers that do not have a mentor. The teenagers prefer a mentor to be actively involved in their lives and they long for protection and support.

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Steytler, J.P.D.P. & Strydom, H. 2013. Mentor relationship effects on perceived quality of life by a sample of rural South African teenagers. Journal of psychology in Africa, 23(1):123-128. [http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rpia20#.VD55txaq06A]

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