The article describes a piece of research exploring young people’s experience of a mentoring service (PROMISE). The scheme has been developed to offer vulnerable young people a supportive relationship to assist their lives. This article explores the nature of the mentoring relationship, including how mentors and mentees view its development. Conjoint interviews were conducted which also permitted an analysis of the nature of the conversational processes between the pairs, including how they constructed shared meanings of the development of their relationship. This provided a window into the emotional dynamics of their mentoring relationships. Implications for similar mentoring programmes are discussed alongside wider implications for assisting this group of young people.

这篇文章描述了一项探索青年人对指导服务 (PROMISE) 体验的研究。该计划旨在为弱势青年提供支持性关系以帮助他们的生活。本文探讨了导师关系的性质，包括导师和受训者如何看待其发展。进行了联合访谈，这也允许分析两人之间对话过程的性质，包括他们如何构建他们关系发展的共同意义。这为了解他们指导关系的情感动态提供了一个窗口。讨论了对类似指导计划的影响以及对帮助这群年轻人的更广泛的影响。