Relationship Between Mentor Retention and the Role of Personality: A Descriptive-Analytical Study

Figures & data

Figure 1 Mentor Retention Conceptual Map.

Table 1 Mentors’ Demographic and Retention Characteristics

	Characteristics	Number (%)
Gender	Female	68 (69.4%)
	Male	30 (30.6%)
Coordination group membership	Mentors with coordination group membership	24 (24.5%)
	Mentors without coordination group membership	74 (75.5%)
Years as mentor	1 year	20 (20.4%)
	2 years	26 (26.5%)
	3 years	28 (28.6%)
	4 years	12 (12.2%)
	5 years	6 (6.1%)
	6 years	6 (6.1%)
Intention to retention for next year	Yes	62 (63.3%)
	No	36 (36.7%)

Table 2 Logistic Regression of Coordination Group Membership and TCI Subscales on Mentor Retention

Variable	B	St. Error	Wald	df	Sig.	Exp. (B)	95% C.I. for EXP(B)
							Lower	Upper
Coordination group membership	1.095	0.607	3.247	1	0.047	2.988	1.208	9.827
Harm avoidance	0.325	0.516	0.397	1	0.529	1.389	0.503	3.809
Cooperation	0.289	0.582	0.247	1	0.619	1.335	0.427	4.175
Self-transcendence	0.061	0.544	0.013	1	0.910	1.063	0.366	3.085
Reward dependency	0.049	0.527	0.009	1	0.926	1.050	0.374	2.950
Novelty seeking	−.309	0.581	0.302	1	0.582	0.727	0.233	2.267
Self-directedness	−.440	0.555	0.630	1	0.428	0.644	0.217	1.910
Persistence	−.6.6	0.610	0.989	1	0.320	0.545	0.165	1.802

Notes: X2=7.638; df=8; p=.022; Nagelkerke R2=10.7%; Hosmer and Lemeshow test (p=.000).

Table 3 Mean (SD) Score of TCI Subscales According to Coordination Group Membership and Intention to Retention

	Coordination Group Membership		P-value	Intention to Retention		P-value
	Yes	No		Yes	No
Novelty seeking	11 (3.1)	10.5 (2.3)	0.21	11.5 (2.1)	9 (2.4)	0.45
Exploratory-excitability	3.1(1.4)	3.2 (1.3)	0.61	3.8 (1.0)	2.2 (1.1)	0.71
Impulsiveness	2.8 (0.81)	2.9 (0.85)	0.99	2.9 (0.82)	2.7 (0.86)	0.13
Extravagance	2.3 (0.86)	1.9 (0.86)	0.58	2.1 (0.85)	1.7 (0.88)	0.60
Disorderliness	2.6 (0.96)	2.4 (1.1)	0.28	2.6 (1.0)	2.3 (1.0)	0.98
Harm avoidance	9 (2.1)	8.4 (1.9)	0.63	8.7 (1.8)	8.2 (2.1)	0.05
Anticipatory worry	2 (0.83)	1.9 (0.87)	0.22	2 (0.9)	1.8 (0.77)	0.87
Fear of uncertainty	1.9 (0.97)	2.1 (1.0)	0.70	2.3 (0.9)	1.6 (1.0)	0.11
Shyness	2.9 (0.97)	2.4 (0.98)	0.72	2.5 (1.0)	2.6 (0.96)	0.85
Fatigability	2.1 (0.7)	1.9 (0.86)	0.42	1.9 (0.78)	2.1 (0.88)	0.35
Self-directedness	10.6 (4.0)	10 (4.1)	0.48	10.7 (3.6)	9.3 (4.7)	0.04
Responsibility	1.0 (1.4)	1.1 (1.4)	0.23	1.0 (1.4)	1.2 (1.5)	0.74
Purposefulness	1.5 (1.0)	1.8 (1.1)	0.52	2.0 (1.1)	1.3 (.95)	0.35
Resourcefulness	1.7 (0.94)	1.4 (0.85)	0.80	1.6 (0.75)	1.3 (1.0)	0.01
Self-acceptance	3.4 (1.5)	3.1 (1.5)	0.92	3.5 (1.4)	2.7 (1.6)	0.23
Enlightened second nature	2.9 (1.3)	2.5 (1.1)	0.54	2.5 (1.1)	2.7 (1.3)	0.10
Cooperativeness	15 (2.6)	14.5 (2.3)	0.36	15.3 (2.2)	13.5 (2.2)	0.72
Social acceptance	2.1 (0.7)	2.6 (0.9)	0.02	2.5 (0.9)	2.4 (0.7)	0.42
Empathy	4.1 (1.0)	3.8 (1.0)	0.08	4.2 (0.8)	3.3 (1.2)	0.00
Helpfulness	3.4 (0.65)	3.0 (0.85)	0.93	3.3 (0.7)	2.8 (0.9)	0.96
Compassion	2.0 (0.72)	2.2 (0.83)	0.34	2.0 (0.7)	2.2 (1.0)	0.01
Pure hearted conscience	3.3 (0.95)	2.8 (0.9)	0.23	3.1 (0.8)	2.6 (1.0)	0.00
Reward dependency	7.2 (1.0)	7.3 (1.8)	0.49	7.6 (1.6)	6.6 (1.6)	0.66
Sentimentality	2.7 (0.8)	2.7 (1.1)	0.07	2.7 (1.0)	2.7 (1.1)	0.72
Openness to warm communication	2.0 (1.0)	2.4 (0.9)	0.60	2.4 (0.8)	2.2 (1.0)	0.20
Attachment	2.5 (0.9)	2.1 (1.3)	0.01	2.5 (1.2)	1.8 (1.2)	0.63
Self-transcendence	9.8 (3.1)	7.8 (3.5)	0.00	9.0 (3.6)	7.0 (3.2)	0.01
Self-forgetfulness	2.7 (1.3)	2.3 (1.4)	0.85	2.6 (1.5)	2.0 (1.2)	0.07
Transpersonal identification	3.5 (1.5)	2.9 (1.3)	0.11	3.4 (1.3)	2.6 (1.2)	0.49
Spiritual acceptance	3.5 (0.8)	2.5 (1.5)	0.00	3.0 (1.4)	2.4 (1.4)	0.51
Persistence	3.4 (0.8)	2.6 (1.2)	0.01	2.9 (1.2)	2.6 (1.1)	0.84

Table 4 Logistic Regression of Coordination Group Membership and TCI Subscales on Mentor Intention to Retention

Variable	B	St. Error	Wald	df	Sig.	Exp. (B)	95% C.I. for EXP(B)
							Lower	Upper
Coordination group membership	−.091	0.645	0.020	1	0.888	0.913	0.258	3.235
Novelty seeking	1.720	0.620	7.689	1	0.006	5.583	1.656	18.826
Harm avoidance	−.176	0.500	0.124	1	0.725	0.839	0.315	2.234
Self-directedness	1.665	0.711	5.475	1	0.019	5.284	1.310	21.309
Cooperation	0.206	0.590	0.121	1	0.728	1.228	0.386	3.908
Reward dependency	0.597	0.515	1.344	1	0.246	1.816	0.662	4.982
Self-transcendence	−.515	0.675	0.580	1	0.446	0.598	0.159	2.246
Persistence	0.526	0.595	0.781	1	0.377	1.691	0.527	5.424

Notes: X2=7.638; df=8; p=.022; Nagelkerke R2=10.7%; Hosmer and Lemeshow test (p=.000).