Emerging Adults (18-25 years)

This qualitative interview study examined experiences of youth-initiated mentoring relationships (YIM) among youth transitioning out of the foster care system.

Mentoring programs have been shown to be effective for many youth; however, youth in foster care sometimes have difficulty engaging in these program.

Although active listening is considered an important communication skill in a variety of occupational and therapeutic fields, few experiments compare dyadic partners' perceptions of active listening with other types of listening responses.

Active listening is an important communication skill, which has implications in the quality of interactions among individuals.

This research highlights the critical role of gender in the context of problem talk and social support in adolescents' friendships.

Youth vary in their tendency to discuss problems and provide support in friendship, which can have important implications on relationship quality and emotional closeness among friends. This study explored gender differences in discussions about problems and friendship outcomes among youth.