Self‐help groups: The members' perspectives

The emergence of self-help groups as an important source of help-giving for persons with psychological problems has occurred without a systematic attempt to tap an important source of information about this phenomenon: the members themselves. Eighty members of nine self-help groups were surveyed. Th...

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Published in:American journal of community psychology 1980-02, Vol.8 (1), p.53-65
Main Authors: Knight, Bob, Wollert, Richard W., Levy, Leon H., Frame, Cynthia L., Padgett, Valerie P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior Therapy
Consumer Behavior
Humans
Indexing in process
Motivation
Professional-Patient Relations
Psychotherapy - methods
Self Help
Self-Help Groups
Social Environment
Stress, Psychological - prevention & control
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:The emergence of self-help groups as an important source of help-giving for persons with psychological problems has occurred without a systematic attempt to tap an important source of information about this phenomenon: the members themselves. Eighty members of nine self-help groups were surveyed. The results of this study suggest that self-help groups serve a different population than do professional therapists, that the help-giving processes are mainly supportive in nature, and that an optimistic attitude toward increased collaboration between professional care-givers and self-help groups is justified. Questions for further research are discussed.
ISSN:0091-0562
1573-2770
DOI:10.1007/BF00892281