Table 4.
Changes in self-efficacy and communication & mentoring skills from pre- to post-training (N = 19)
| Self-Efficacy Items | Pre-Training M (SD) |
Post-Training M (SD) |
t(18) | Cohen’s d | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. I am confident in my ability to guide mentees to formulate career goals. | 3.53 (1.12) | 4.16 (0.77) | -2.47* | 0.66 | |
| 2. I am confident in my ability to guide mentees in planning how to achieve career and personal goals. | 3.37 (1.01) | 4.11 (0.46) | -3.44** | 0.94 | |
| 3. I am confident in my ability to guide mentees to learn skills necessary to succeed in career goals. | 3.53 (0.91) | 4.00 (0.47) | -2.14* | 0.65 | |
| 4. I am confident in my ability to guide mentees to finding appropriate resources. | 3.72 (0.83) | 4.00 (0.77) | -2.56* | 0.35 | |
| 5. I am confident in my ability to guide mentees to find a sponsor/champion for their career advancement. | 3.26 (0.87) | 3.95 (0.41) | -3.98*** | 1.01 | |
| Overall Self-Efficacy | 3.51 (0.74) | 4.03 (0.37) | -3.97*** | 0.89 | |
| Communication and Mentoring Skills | |||||
| Agenda setting | 0.42 (0.51) | 0.90 (0.74) | -2.14* | 0.75 | |
| Checking | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.32 (0.58) | -2.36* | 0.78 | |
| Questioning | 1.63 (0.68) | 2.26 (0.93) | -2.47* | 0.77 | |
| Information organization | 0.26 (0.45) | 0.42 (0.61) | -1.84 | 0.30 | |
| Empathic communication | 0.95 (0.71) | 1.58 (0.90) | -2.88** | 0.78 | |
| All communication skills | 3.26 (1.45) | 5.47 (1.77) | -5.06*** | 1.37 | |
| Mentoring-specific skills | 7.26 (2.81) | 10.42 (2.77) | -5.04*** | 1.13 | |
*p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001 Cohen’s guide for interpreting effect sizes: small effect, d = 0.2; medium effect, d = 0.5; and large effect, d = 0.8