Johanna K. P. Greeson|Lynn Usher|Michal Grinstein?Weiss
One adult who is crazy about you: Can natural mentoring relationships increase assets among young adults with and without foster care experience?
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
emerging adulthood youth receive family support help weather difficulties associated transitioning independence foster youth emancipate confront challenges associated emerging adulthood risk transition without family support many danger failing meet minimal levels selfsufficiency caring adult offers social support normative adolescent development protective youth across many risk conditions natural mentoring cultivate relationships study examines association natural mentor relationship characteristics material hardship assetrelated outcomes emerging adulthood period normative sample young adults young adults identified former foster youth study also considers potential mediating effect future expectations data wave 3 national longitudinal study adolescent health pertain 15197 respondents used path models categorical dependent variables estimated using maximum likelihood method standard errors robust nonnormality nonindependence observations like parent role model guidanceadvice significantly associated assets among groups study contributes growing body literature natural mentoring former foster youth highlights value increasing understanding natural mentor roles intervention development focus assetrelated outcomes novel approach investigate benefits natural mentoring healthy development youth paper first consider association natural mentoring asset building among former nonformer foster youth