Proposal of A Peer Mentoring Model in University Environments

In addition to the high number of mentoring publications, there are difficulties determining the factors that contribute to mentoring success. In the present paper, a systematic review is conducted on the variables that have been used as predictors or antecedents, the process variables, and the results of the peer mentoring studies in university environments. Most of the time, the programs are aimed at incoming students (mentees), accompanied by another's students (mentors) of higher levels, who facilitate their integration. The review allows proposing a systemic and multilevel model that relates the three types of variables. It is also intended to be useful to determine the characteristics that peer mentoring programs must have in a university environment from an organizational (group and individual) and social point of view, the activities to be carried out in the mentoring meetings, and the different variables in which mentoring can have an impact such as dropout rates, student integration, career satisfaction, and health.