What Matters In Mentoring? Effect Of Mentor Cultural Awareness On Mentee Outcomes

辅导中什么重要？

基本信息

批准号：
9328091
负责人：
Angela Byars-Winston
金额：
$ 40.85万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2010
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2010-09-15 至 2019-03-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9328091
关键词：
Address Affect Assessment tool Attitude Awareness Belief Biomedical Research Cognitive Communication Conflict (Psychology)Cultural Diversity Data Descriptor Development Discipline Educational Curriculum Educational Intervention Effectiveness Elements Engineering Ethnic Origin Fostering Future Gender Goals Graduate Degree Health Health Professional Intervention Interview Judgment Lead Light Mathematics Measures Medical Medicine Mentors Methods Modeling Outcome Participant Pathway interactions Perception Professional Competence Race Randomized Controlled Trials Religion Research Research Personnel Research Training Role Sampling Science Scientist Self Assessment Self Perception Site Structure Students Surveys Technology Testing Training United States National Institutes of Health Universities Value Orientations Wisconsin Work career career awareness career development cultural competence disorder prevention effectiveness research evidence base expectation experience health disparity improved innovation minority student next generation programs public health relevance response social socioeconomics summer research symposium theories trial comparing undergraduate research undergraduate student virtual

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): An effective research mentoring relationship is a key element in preparing the next generation of scientists and health professionals to pursue or help make informed decisions about pursuing research careers in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM). Yet, little is known about how specific factors in this relationship affect mentees' academic and career pursuits in research. Empirical evidence indicates that the cultural diversity factors of gender, race, and ethnicity affect undergraduate research mentees' perception of their mentoring experience, however, research on how cultural diversity factors operate in the research mentoring relationship and affect mentees is virtually non-existent. To advance training interventions that build the capacity of research mentors to effectively mentor culturally diverse research mentees, it is necessary to understand the impact of mentor cultural diversity awareness (CDA) on mentee academic and career outcomes. The proposed research addresses this critical need through the following three Specific Aims: Aim #1 will determine how mentors and mentees define mentor CDA and mentors' attitudes about the relevance of cultural diversity (CDR) in research mentoring relationships. Aim #2 will identify relationships between mentor cultural diversity awareness and mentee research-related self-perceptions and positive outcomes (i.e., intent to enter STEMM graduate training or a STEMM career). Aim #3 will investigate, via a randomized controlled trial (RCT), how mentor CDR attitudes affect their response to a training to increase their CDA and whether that training affects 1) mentees' ratings of mentor effectiveness and 2) alignment of mentor-mentee ratings of mentees' research skills/career knowledge. Expected outcomes from this proposal are: 1) a set of indicators and descriptors of mentor cultural diversity awareness (CDA) and a measure of mentor CDR attitudes; 2) validated measures of mentor CDA and CDR attitudes that can be used for mentor self-assessment and to test the effectiveness of CDA training; 3) an intervention to enhance mentor CDA, and; 4) a tested model of research mentoring relationships that includes CDA. This proposal is innovative because it: 1) focuses on cultural diversity factors within research mentoring relationships; 2) is guided by research and theory on career development and cultural competence; 3) employs a mixed-methods approach to develop indicators of and assessment instruments for mentor CDA and mentor CDR attitudes; and 4) analyzes the importance of alignment between mentor-mentee perceptions of critical elements in the research mentoring relationship. The proposed research is significant because it will: 1) shed light on two understudied aspects of research mentoring relationships - the role of CDA and the importance of alignment between mentor and mentee perceptions in the relationship; 2) empirically identify the relevance of mentors' CDA to mentee self-perceptions and positive outcomes; 3) develop and validate measures to assess mentor CDA and CDR attitudes; and 4) produce an RCT-tested intervention to improve mentor CDA.

描述（由申请人提供）：有效的研究指导关系是准备下一代科学家和卫生专业人员的关键因素，以追求或帮助做出有关从事科学，技术，工程，数学和医学（STEMM）领域研究生涯的明智决定。然而，关于这种关系中的特定因素如何影响受训者在研究中的学术和职业追求知之甚少。经验证据表明，性别，种族和种族的文化多样性因素会影响本科研究指导者对他们的指导经验的看法，但是，研究文化多样性因素在研究指导关系中如何运作的研究实际上是不存在的。为了提高培训干预措施，以增强研究导师有效指导文化多样的研究指导者的能力，有必要了解导师文化多样性意识（CDA）对受训者学术和职业成果的影响。拟议的研究通过以下三个具体目的解决了这一批判性需求：目标＃1将决定导师和受训者如何定义导师CDA和导师对研究指导关系中文化多样性（CDR）相关性的态度。 AIM＃2将确定导师文化多样性意识与受训者研究相关的自我认知与积极成果之间的关系（即打算进入STEMM研究生培训或STEMM职业）。 AIM＃3将通过一项随机对照试验（RCT）调查指导CDR态度如何影响他们对培训的反应以增加CDA，以及该培训是否会影响1）受训者对指导者有效性的评级和2）指导者的指导者评级对指导者的研究技能/职业知识保持一致。该提案的预期结果是：1）一组指标和描述符的文化多样性意识（CDA）和指导CDR态度的度量； 2）经过验证的导师CDA和CDR态度的衡量标准，可用于指导自我评估并测试CDA培训的有效性； 3）干预以增强导师CDA的干预措施，以及； 4）包括CDA在内的研究指导关系的测试模型。该提议具有创新性，因为它：1）专注于研究指导关系中的文化多样性因素； 2）受到职业发展和文化能力的研究和理论的指导； 3）采用一种混合方法来开发指导CDA和导师CDR态度的指标和评估工具； 4）分析了研究指导关系中对关键要素的指导者感知之间对齐的重要性。拟议的研究很重要，因为它将：1）阐明研究指导关系的两个研究的方面 - CDA的作用以及导师和受训者在关系中的认识之间的一致性的重要性； 2）从经验上确定导师CDA与受训者的自我认知和积极成果的相关性； 3）制定并验证评估导师CDA和CDR态度的措施； 4）产生经过RCT测试的干预措施以改善Mentor CDA。