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Dr Hilary Dutton

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Department: School of Educational Studies and Leadership

Email: hilary.dutton@canterbury.ac.nz

Direct Dial: +64 3 3690128

Office: Rehua R420

Language: English

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Research / Creative works
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Fields of Research

  • Youth mentoring
  • Positive Youth Development
  • Self-disclosure
  • Youth work
  • Adolescent development

Researcher Summary

I am a Pākehā/Māori (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Te Arawa) researcher and my primary research interests involve youth development and relational approaches to working with youth. Inspired by my experience as a youth mentor, my research focuses on the relational processes that contribute to developing high quality helping relationships between adults and young people. This has included research about communication in youth mentoring relationships, particularly the use of self-disclosure for relationship development. In 2021 I was awarded a Rutherford Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship to undertake a two-year project exploring youth perspectives on disclosure in youth-adult helping relationships (www.mentoringstudy.nz).

My mahi is guided by an interdisciplinary strengths-based approach, with an emphasis on qualitative and mixed-methods research. I am also experienced in laboratory-based observational methodologies and community-based programme evaluation.

Subject Area: Disciplines

  • Education: Childhood Development; Educational Psychology
  • Psychology: Developmental Psychology; Social Psychology
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Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Journal Articles
  • Dutton H. and Sotardi V. (2023) The impact of student self-disclosure on the stress and wellbeing of tertiary educators during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Further and Higher Education http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2023.2208053.
  • Dutton H., Deane KL. and Overall NC. (2023) Using Observational Dyadic Methods in Youth Mentoring Research: Preliminary Evidence of the Role of Actors’ and Partners’ Self-disclosure in Predicting Relationship Quality. Journal of Youth and Adolescence 52(6): 1157-1169. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10964-023-01757-y.
  • Dutton H., Deane KL. and Bullen P. (2022) Exploring the benefits and risks of mentor self-disclosure: relationship quality and ethics in youth mentoring. Kotuitui 17(1): 116-133. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1177083X.2021.1951308.
  • Sotardi V. and Dutton H. (2022) First-Year University Students' Authentic Experiences with Evaluation Anxiety and their Attitudes toward Assessment. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2022.2059445.
  • Deane KL., Dutton H. and Bullen P. (2020) Theoretically integrative evaluation practice: A step-by-step overview of an eclectic evaluation design process. Evaluation 26(1): 98-118. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1356389019850201.
  • Dutton H., Deane KL. and Bullen P. (2020) Opening up: An exploration of youth mentor self-disclosure using laboratory-based direct observation. Children and Youth Services Review 108 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104654.
  • Dutton H., Kamp A. and Teschers C. (2020) Teaching together: Reflections on developing a collaborative interdisciplinary teaching framework within a tertiary teaching team.. New Zealand Journal of Teachers' Work 17(2).
  • Deane K., Kerekere E. and Dutton H. (2019) Mātauranga in practice: Kaupapa Māori frameworks in Ngā Tikanga Whānaketanga - He Arotake Tuhinga. Kaiparahuarahi 1(2): 62-66.
  • Dutton H., Bullen P. and Deane KL. (2019) “It is OK to let them know you are human too”: Mentor self-disclosure in formal youth mentoring relationships. Journal of Community Psychology 47(4): 943-963. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22165.
  • Dutton H. (2018) Mentor Self-Disclosure in Youth Mentoring Relationships: A Review of the Literature About Adults Disclosing to Non-Familial Adolescents in Intervention Settings. Adolescent Research Review 3(1): 57-66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40894-017-0065-0.
  • Dutton H., Bullen P. and Deane K. (2018) Getting to the heart of it: understanding mentoring relationship quality from the perspective of program supervisors. Mentoring and Tutoring: Partnership in Learning 26(4): 400-419. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13611267.2018.1530132.
  • Dutton H., Deane KL. and Bullen P. (2018) Distal and experiential perspectives of relationship quality from mentors, mentees, and program staff in a school-based youth mentoring program. Children and Youth Services Review 85: 53-62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.12.008.
  • Dutton HD., Mayeda DT., Keil M. and ‘Ofamo‘oni I-F-H. (2016) “We're all in it together”: Māori and Pacific student voices on ethnic-specific equity programmes in a New Zealand university. MAI Journal: A New Zealand Journal of Indigenous Scholarship 5(1): 3-16. http://dx.doi.org/10.20507/maijournal.2016.5.1.1.
  • Mayeda D., ‘Ofamo’oni I-F-H., Dutton H., Keil M. and Lauaki-Vea E. (2014) Māori and Pacific student experiences with every-day colonialism and racism. Przestrzeń Społeczna 8(2): 115-139.
  • Mayeda DT., Keil M., Dutton HD. and Ofamo‘oni IFH. (2014) “You’ve gotta set a precedent”: Māori and Pacific voices on student success in higher education. AlterNative 10(2): 165-179. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/117718011401000206.
Chapters
  • Dutton H., Deane KL. and Friesen M. (2022) Positive youth development: Opportunities to expand conceptualizations of youth wellbeing to incorporate thriving. Wellbeing : Global Policies and Perspectives Insights from Aotearoa New Zealand and Beyond: 141-160.
Reports
  • Deane K. and Dutton H. (2020) The factors that influence positive youth development and wellbeing: Key concepts, contemporary international debates and a review of the issues for Aotearoa New Zealand research, policy and practice.Ara Taiohi. Commissioned by Ara Taiohi.
  • Deane K., Dutton H. and Kerekere E. (2019) Ngā Tikanga Whānaketanga He Arotake Tuhinga: A Review of Aotearoa New Zealand Youth Development Research.Ara Taiohi.
Conference Contributions - Other
  • Dutton H. and Sotardi V. (2023) Self-disclosure in formal and informal learning contexts: Connections with relationship development and wellbeing. Christchurch, New Zealand: Educational Psychology Forum, 1-2 Feb 2023.
  • Leggett V., Sotardi V., Dutton H. and Bajaj Prakash M. (2023) Perspectives and Experiences of Stress and Coping in Aotearoa New Zealand Secondary School Students. Christchurch, New Zealand: Educational Psychology Forum, 1 Feb 2023.
  • Dutton H. (2021) Imagining youth mentoring as a tool for youth activism. Wellington, NZ: Involve, 9-11 Aug 2021.
  • Deane K. and Dutton H. (2020) Through Someone Else’s Eyes: Supporting Quality Youth-Adult Relationships Through Direct Observation Methods. Wellington, NZ: Involve, 17-18 Aug 2020.
  • Dutton H. (2020) Opening up: Mentor self-disclosure in youth mentoring relationships. Wellington, NZ: Involve, 17-18 Aug 2020.
  • O'Steen W. and Dutton H. (2020) Tragedy’s Legacy: Designing and Researching an Experiential Education Response to the Christchurch Earthquakes. Virtual: Association for Experiential Education 48th Annual International Conference, 12-14 Nov 2020.
  • Deane K., Dutton H., Bullen P. and Pryce J. (2019) A window into their world: Coding complex youth mentoring relationship processes through video-based direct observation. Chicago, IL: Society for Community Research and Action 17th Biennial Conference, 1 Jun 2019.
  • Dutton H. (2019) Peeling layers of the onion: Self-disclosure, relationship quality, and applying Social Penetration Theory to youth mentoring. Chicago, IL: Society for Community Research and Action 17th Biennial Conference, 1 Jun 2019.
  • Dutton H. (2018) Mentor self-disclosure: What do they share and why does it matter? Wellington, New Zealand: Involve, 1 Aug 2018.
  • Dutton H., Deane K. and McDonald N. (2016) Guide to effective and safe practice in youth mentoring: The big picture. Auckland, New Zealand: New Zealand Youth Mentoring Network Conference, 1 Jun 2016.
  • Deane K., Bullen P. and Dutton H. (2015) Choose your own evaluation adventure: A staged exploratory evaluation workshop. Lowell, MA: The Society for Community Research and Action 15th Biennial Conference, 1 Jun 2015.

Student Supervision

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  • PhD - Leggett V: Impacts of young people’s conceptualisations of happiness on mental health and wellbeing
  • Masters - Kashkari Z: The association between observed mentor support with mentor-mentee relationship quality and mentee mental health outcomes
  • Masters - Law E: Association of mentor characteristics and mentor-mentee relationship perceptions with observed mentor support
  • Masters - Parkes C: Student reflections on changes in school climate: Examining E Tu Tangata and students’ sense of school belonging, academic self-concept, and school engagement

Review and Refereeing

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  • APA Annual Convention 2023 ( 2023 )
  • APA Convention 2022 ( 2022 )
  • Society for Community Research and Action 2021 Biennial ( 2021 )
  • Acta Psychologica ( 2023 )
  • International Journal of Adolescence and Youth ( 2023 )
  • International Journal of Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement ( 2022 )
  • Journal of Community Psychology ( 2022 - 2023)
  • Journal of Research on Adolescence ( 2021 )
  • Reflective Practice ( 2019 )

Affiliations

  • New Zealand Youth Mentoring Network (Community Organisation/NGO): Trustee
  • Society for Community Research and Action (Teaching/Research Organisation): Member

Key Methodologies

  • Qualitative (thematic analysis)
  • Mixed-methods
  • Laboratory-based observation
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