SYSTEMIC ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT FOR SELF-HELP GROUPS

A framework for analyzing relationships between self-help groups and systemic organizational support is presented and two affiliation hypotheses tested. Self-help group birthrates in New Jersey over an 18-month period exceeded death rates. Affiliated groups greatly outnumbered independent groups but...

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Published in:American journal of orthopsychiatry 1988-10, Vol.58 (4), p.592-603
Main Authors: Leventhal, Gerald S., Maton, Kenneth I., Madara, Edward J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alcoholics Anonymous
Biological and medical sciences
Birth Rate
Human
Humans
Medical sciences
Mental Disorders - mortality
Mental Disorders - rehabilitation
Mental health
Mortality Rate
New Jersey
Organizational Affiliation
Organizational Dissolution
Organizational Support
Organizations
Prognosis
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Self Help Groups
Self-Help Groups - organization & administration
Self-Help Techniques
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Support Groups
Treatment Programs
United States
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Summary:A framework for analyzing relationships between self-help groups and systemic organizational support is presented and two affiliation hypotheses tested. Self-help group birthrates in New Jersey over an 18-month period exceeded death rates. Affiliated groups greatly outnumbered independent groups but the birthrate for the latter was higher. Death rates for different types of groups were similar, except for Alcoholics Anonymous groups, which had a higher survival rate.
ISSN:0002-9432
1939-0025
DOI:10.1111/j.1939-0025.1988.tb01623.x