Lianne Loosveld - PhD projectdata for study 2

The MERIT (MEntor Reflection InstrumenT) survey (distributed in 2020, N = 228), was used to ask mentors about the how, what, and why of their mentoring in two response modes: (1) regarding their actual mentoring practice and (2) regarding their preferred mentoring practice. With an analysis of covariance, it was explored whether potential discrepancies between these responses were influenced by experience, profession of the mentor, and curriculum-bound assessment requirements.

The averaged total MERIT score and averaged scores for the subscales ‘Supporting Personal Development’ and ‘Monitoring Performance’ were significantly higher for preferred than for actual mentoring. In addition, mentors’ experience interacted significantly with these scores, such that the difference between actual and preferred scores became smaller with more years of experience. Mentors can reflect on their actual and preferred approach to mentoring.

This analysis and the potential discrepancy between actual and preferred mentoring can serve as input for individual professional development trajectories. Included files: 1. Dataset2022.xlsx: Excel datafile holding all quantitative data used to calculate the results for both articles.

Also including averages per subscale and differences between subscales.