Table 3.
Data from the Multiple Regression Analysis detailing the effect of role, gender, age and duration of the relationship on the perceptions of participants (n = 194)
| Dependent variables (IMRI subscales) | Independent variables of informal mentoring relationship | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intercept | Role 0 Protégé (n. 91) 1 Mentor (n. 103) |
Gender 0 Male (n. 92) 1 Female (n. 102) |
Age (in years) |
LgDur (+ 1 means duration × 10) | ||||||||||
| b | p | b | sc | p | b | sc | p | b | sc | p | b | sc | p | |
| Acceptance | 3.42 | .001 | .399 | .24 | .012 | .355 | .18 | .008 | ||||||
| Counselling | 3.45 | .001 | .393 | .23 | .011 | .020 | .25 | .007 | .438 | .22 | .001 | |||
| Friendship | 3.03 | .001 | .489 | .27 | .003 | .262 | .15 | .028 | .515 | .25 | .001 | |||
| Parenting | 3.54 | .001 | .027 | .29 | .003 | .349 | .15 | .036 | ||||||
| Psychosocial support | 3.61 | .001 | .368 | .17 | .019 | |||||||||
| Role Modelling | 3.54 | .001 | .506 | .28 | .001 | |||||||||
| Social | 2.64 | .001 | .343 | .15 | .039 | |||||||||
Note: The table only presents significant effects; the interactions ‘RoleAge’ and ‘RoleLgDur’ resulted non-significant, and were therefore omitted
b: regression coefficient
sc: standard regression coefficient (not defined for the Intercept)
p: two-sided p value of the t-test against b = 0