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Learning To Love, Work, And Live Your Best Life: Mentoring In Emerging Adulthood Predicts Later Flourishing And Subjective Well-Being, Jordan Boeder, Veronica Fruiht, Sarah Hwang, Giovanna Blanco, Thomas Chan

Psychology | Faculty Scholarship

Mentors that guide young people in their transition to adulthood provide support in a variety of domains that set the stage for happier adult lives. While mentoring during emerging adulthood is associated with shorter-term social and professional success—less is known about whether mentoring for career and committed relationships, specifically, are linked to downstream well-being. This study uses nationally representative data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (N = 6,197) to examine whether receiving mentoring in emerging adulthood is linked to later flourishing and subjective well-being. Structural Equation Models indicate that people with career mentors in emerging adulthood reported …