Virtual Community Mentoring Models for Middle School Underachievers Psychosocial Development and Well-Being During COVID-19

Resource type
Journal Article
Authors/contributors
Title
Virtual Community Mentoring Models for Middle School Underachievers Psychosocial Development and Well-Being During COVID-19
Abstract
Recent studies highlight the outcomes of COVID-19 on the psychosocial skills of early adolescents. It shows the unavailability of virtual community mentoring models for teenagers' individual and interpersonal growth in the virtual scenario. Hence, there emerges a need to explore and apply the available virtual communication resources by facilitators, families, and other community professionals for teenagers’ self-development. This article reports the application of virtual resources like WhatsApp, graphic design platforms (CANVA and Adobe), graphic interchange formats (GIPHY App), all-in-one visual content editing forums (InShot App), and memes (Meme Generator App) in engaging and supporting community mentoring capacities leading to psychosocial development and well-being for teenagers during COVID-19. Through this article, contemporary virtual models are explored and executed with community guidance to integrate the personal developmental skills of middle school underachievers. There is also a need to work with community interventions by using virtual mentoring skillsets for positive youth development.
Publication
Journal of Learning for Development
Volume
9
Issue
1
Pages
137-144
Date
2022-03-15
Language
en
ISSN
2311-1550
Accessed
05/04/2022, 12:27
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Rights
Copyright (c) 2022 Roseline Florence Gomes
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Number: 1
Citation
Gomes, R. F., & Thomas, L. (2022). Virtual Community Mentoring Models for Middle School Underachievers Psychosocial Development and Well-Being During COVID-19. Journal of Learning for Development, 9(1), 137–144. https://jl4d.org/index.php/ejl4d/article/view/614