High enthusiasm about long lasting mentoring relationships and older mentors

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Table 2 Descriptives of the seven subscale scores and demographics (n = 194)

IMRI subscale	Number of items	Mean^a	SD	Reliability (Cronbach’s alpha)
IMRI subscale	Number of items	Mean^a	SD	Protégé^b	Mentor^b
Acceptance	6	3.71	0.84	0.95	0.65
Counselling	9	3.76	0.87	0.98	0.81
Friendship	5	3.43	0.90	0.92	0.70
Parenting	3	3.40	0.99	0.94	0.80
Psychosocial support	3	3.63	0.93	0.90	0.51
Role Modelling	10	3.70	0.80	0.97	0.79
Sociability	3	2.92	0.99	0.91	0.89
Variable		Scale	Min.	Max.	Mean	SD
Age		Years	24	63	37.9	10.8
Duration		Months	1	240	20.5	24.8
LgDur		+ 1 = duration × 10	0	2.38	1.11	0.44
Variable		Scale			Numbers	Percentages
Gender		0: Male, 1: Female			92 102	47.4, 52.6%
Role^b		0: Protégé 1: Mentor			91 103	46.9, 53.1%

^a Higher scores representing more favourable perceptions
^b Participant’s role in the current or most recent mentoring relationship (variable role)

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