chniques that suc- cessful mentors use for these situations? We would benefit from in-depth case studies of mentoring relationships, as well as collection of ongoing time sampling and diary logs from mentors and mentees on these process dimensions. 2) Analyze the Ongoing Dynamics of Mentoring Relationships The corollary is a need for analyses that focus on the day-to-day dynamics in these relationships. How do the experiences and actions of mentors and mentees influence each other? How do stressors and other events in mentees’ lives impact interactions with mentors? In my view, our field is too exclusively focused on the longer-term time frame of months and years; the result is a lack of information 686 ? Journal munity Psychology, November 2006 Journal munity Psychology DOI: 10.1002/jcop