The proposed study integrates quantitative and qualitative approaches to examine mentors with different relationship trajectories reflect on their relationships. Using quantitative and qualitative methods, mentor reports of relationship quality are plotted over time and different growth patterns identified: (1) progressive, (2) stable-high, (3) dip and recovery, (4) stable-low, and (5) regressive. Qualitative coding was used to identify patterns in mentors' descriptions of their relationship experiences—including both what mentors wrote about and how they wrote about it.

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一种理解指导关系发展轨迹的混合方法

拟议的研究整合了定量和定性方法来检查具有不同关系轨迹的导师反映他们的关系。使用定量和定性方法，随时间绘制关系质量的导师报告并确定不同的增长模式：（1）渐进式，（2）稳定-高，（3）下降和恢复，（4）稳定-低，以及（5） ) 倒退。定性编码被用来识别导师对他们关系经历的描述中的模式——包括导师写了什么以及他们是如何写的。