Table 4.

Quotes by Participants Describing Different Types of Social Support Provided by Their Mentors

1. Emotional support	“I know that for certain things I can go to her just for that and she would just like talk to me. We would probably go to like Starbucks or something just to talk. Like I can’t really do that with my friends cause they’ll probably try to get into it and mess things up and stuff. She would sit there and tries to work things out or if I’m upset I would talk to her and she would tell me other ways about it instead being that.”
2. Appraisal support	“I know I’m going to graduate. She told me today, you know you’ve got three more weeks, and you get ten credits. Like that feels amazing to hear that. I know that doesn’t sound like much but it sounds like a lot to me. So, she’s, you know, she’s always just supporting me.”
3. Instrumental support	“She’d give like clothes for the baby, formula, diapers. She was real good about all that kind of stuff. She won’t ask questions. Rides to like the doctor.”
4. Informational support	“I don’t know exactly like what would be different, but I know I wouldn’t have done like some of the things I’ve done because she’s like one of those people that like can really give you the best advice, and you will listen to it, and you know like my life would have been all different.”