Deconstructing the delivery of peer mentorship for persons with spinal cord injury
department or school: Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCO
creator: Shaw, Robert Brian
issued: 2021-06-28T22:23:26Z
issued: 2021
related degree: Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: Spinal cord injury (SCI) peer mentorship typically involves interactions between two individuals where one (the mentor) provides support to the other (the mentee). Mentees associate a wide variety of positive physical, and psychosocial outcomes with this service. Interestingly, despite the known benefits of peer mentoring, little is known about the impact of certain delivery characteristics (i.e., interaction modality) on the quality of this service. Given how multifaceted this service is, understanding the impact that specific delivery characteristics have on the quality of peer mentorship is critical for ensuring that peer mentorship programs are providing the best possible service. This dissertation aimed to deconstruct the delivery of peer mentorship to determine what delivery characteristics are currently utilized in SCI peer mentorship research and community programming and examine the impact of interaction modality on leadership behaviours and counselling skills of peer mentors. First, a scoping review was conducted to provide a comprehensive synthesis of the research evidence regarding delivery characteristics of research-based peer mentorship interventions for people with SCI. Second, an environmental scan was conducted to support the scoping review by examining delivery characteristics of peer mentorship programs delivered by community organizations across Canada. Third, a qualitative study, informed by the tenets of transformational leadership theory (Bass & Riggio, 2006) was performed to examine leadership behaviours used by SCI peer mentors. Lastly, an experimental within-subjects design was used to study the effects of interaction modality on the leadership behaviours, motivational interviewing skills and behaviour change techniques used by SCI peer mentors. Overall, SCI peer mentorship is being delivered through a variety of modalities (e.g., telephone, video-chat) in both research and community-based programs. During SCI peer mentorship, mentors use …
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note: i Deconstructing the Delivery of Peer Mentorship for Persons with Spinal Cord Injury by Robert Brian Shaw BPHE., Nipissing University, 2013 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in THE COLLEGE OF GRADUATE STUDIES (Interdisciplinary Studies) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Okanagan) June 2021 © Robert Brian Shaw, 2021 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the College of Graduate Studies for acceptance, a thesis/dissertation entitled: DECONSTRUCTING THE DELIVERY OF PEER MENTORSHIP FOR PERSONS WITH SPINAL CORD INJURY Submitted by Robert Brian Shaw in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Kathleen Martin Ginis Supervisor Heather Gainforth Supervisory Committee Member Christopher McBride Supervisory Committee Member Susan Jaglal External Examiner Susan Holtzman University Examiner iii Abstract Spinal cord injury (SCI) peer mentorship typically involves interactions between two individuals where one (the mentor) provides support to the other (the mentee). Mentees associate a wide variety of positive physical, and psychosocial outcomes with this service. Interestingly, despite the known benefits of peer mentoring, little is known about the impact of certain delivery characteristics (i.e., interaction modality) on the quality of this service. Given how multifaceted this service is, understanding the impact that specific delivery characteristics have on the quality of peer mentorship is critical for ensuring that peer mentorship programs are providing the best possible service. This dissertation aimed to deconstruct the delivery of peer mentorship to determine what delivery characteristics are currently utilized in SCI peer mentorship research and community programming and examine the impact of interaction modality on leadership behaviours and counselling skills of peer mentors. First, a scoping review was conducted to provide a co…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2021-09
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0398717
language: eng
degree discipline: Interdisciplinary Studies
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
contributor: Martin Ginis, Kathleen A. (Kathleen Anne), 1968-
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/78830