Examining the Impact of Mentors and Role Models on Resilience

Abstract

This U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) research expands beyond previous efforts that have looked more narrowly at the unique benefits of having a mentor or role model on resilience by comparing four groups: individuals with only a mentor, only a role model, both a mentor and role model, and neither a mentor nor role model. Results show that having a role model or having a mentor independently are linked to greater resilience, while the group reporting the highest levels of resilience had a mentor and role model simultaneously. These findings suggest that mentors and role models provide unique benefits that can foster resilience.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2022
Accession Number
AD1190340

Entities

People

  • Jamie N Striler
  • Jessica R. Carre
  • Julie Jasewicz
  • Karly M. Schleicher

Organizations

  • U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

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Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Adolescents
  • Applied Psychology
  • Breast Cancer
  • Business Administration
  • California
  • Education
  • Health
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Mental Health
  • Mentoring
  • Military Research
  • Neoplasms
  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Social Sciences
  • Spinal Cord
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

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  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).