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Investigating the peer Mentor-Mentee relationship: characterizing peer mentorship conversations between people with spinal cord injury.
- Source :
- Disability & Rehabilitation; Mar2023, Vol. 45 Issue 6, p962-973, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- This study aimed to: (1) develop a coding manual to characterize topics discussed and conversation techniques used during peer mentorship conversations between people with spinal cord injury (SCI); (2) assess the reliability of the manual; and (3) apply the manual to characterize conversations. The study was conducted in partnership with three Canadian provincial SCI organizations. Twenty-five phone conversations between SCI peer mentors and mentees were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Ten transcripts were inductively analyzed to develop a coding manual identifying topics and techniques used during the conversations. Inductive technique codes were combined and deductively linked to motivational interviewing and behaviour change techniques. Two coders independently applied the coding manual to all transcripts. Code frequencies were calculated. The coding manual included 14 topics and 31 techniques. The most frequently coded topics were personal information, recreational programs, and chronic health services for mentors and mentees. The most frequently coded techniques were giving personal information, social smoothers, and closed question for mentors; and giving personal information, social smoothers, and sharing perspective for mentees. This research provides insights into topics and techniques used during real-world peer mentorship conversations. Findings may be valuable for understanding and improving SCI peer mentorship programs. SCI peer mentorship conversations address a wide range of rehabilitation topics ranging from acute care to living in the community. Identification of the topics discussed, and techniques used in SCI peer mentorship conversations can help to inform formalized efforts to train and educate acute and community-based rehabilitation professionals. Identifying commonly discussed topics in SCI peer mentorship conversation may help to ensure that peer mentors are equipped with the necessary knowledge and resources, or the development of those resources be prioritized. Developing a method to characterize the topics discussed and techniques used during SCI peer mentorship conversations may aid in designing methods to evaluate how rehabilitation professionals provide support to people with SCI. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- AFFINITY groups
STATISTICS
SPINAL cord injuries
SCIENTIFIC observation
SAMPLE size (Statistics)
MOTIVATIONAL interviewing
MENTORING
MANN Whitney U Test
CRONBACH'S alpha
INTER-observer reliability
INTERPERSONAL relations
RESEARCH funding
SOUND recordings
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
THEMATIC analysis
DATA analysis
BEHAVIOR modification
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09638288
- Volume :
- 45
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Disability & Rehabilitation
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 162144402
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2022.2046184