Self-Help and Mutual Aid Groups: International and Multicultural Perspectives - Couverture rigide

Lavoie, Francine; Gidron, Benjamin

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1560247169 ISBN 13 : 9781560247166

Editeur : Routledge, 1995

Synopsis

Here is new information on the development of international and intercultural research on self-help groups. This book reflects the many developments which have occurred in the field over the past decade, emphasizing empirical research. Self-Help and Mutual Aid Groups provides specific research findings and honed concepts to help health professionals learn more about self-help groups and work effectively with such groups. More countries and ethnic groups are now involved in the self-help movement, and this volume increases knowledge of how different cultures react to and participate in self-help mutual aid and how self-help groups can be adapted to fit different racial or ethnic populations. Self-Help and Mutual Aid Groups explores the definition of self-help, the centrality of culture as a major factor explaining variability in self-help, the development of appropriate methodological tools, and the role and involvement of professionals. It brings together different traditions of research for the study of cross- and intercultural and inter- and intraorganizational aspects of self-help groups. Contributors who represent various disciplines, including psychology, sociology, social work, and nursing, discuss:

• a paradigm for research in self-help
• the development of self-help groups in Japan, Hong Kong, and the former East Germany
• the participation of blacks in Alcoholics Anonymous
• the participation of Mexican Americans in groups for parents of the mentally ill
• relationships between self-help groups and health professionals
• predictors of burnout in self-help group leaders
• characteristics of effective groups
• ways individuals change their world view through self-help participationSelf-Help and Mutual Aid Groups is an informative and helpful resource for self-help researchers and teachers, students, and professionals who want to be more effective in their work with self-help groups across cultural and national lines.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Francine Lavoie, Benjamin Gidron

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1560247169
• ISBN 13: 9781560247166
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Coordonnées du fabricant: BOOKS etc..; cs@booksetc.co.uk; ; BOOKS etc.; Aldershot; Royaume-Uni
• Personne responsable: non disponible