Book Review: The Human Bond: Support Groups and Mutual Aid

1990 ◽  
Vol 71 (5) ◽  
pp. 317-318
Author(s):  
Ronald W. Toseland
Keyword(s):  
Support Groups ◽  
Mutual Aid

Comparing Facilitator Priorities of Suicide Survivor Support Groups

2016 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 219-229
Author(s):  
William Feigelman ◽  
Beverly Feigelman ◽  
Daisuke Kawashima ◽  
Keisuke Shiraga ◽  
Kenji Kawano
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Support Groups ◽  
Support Group ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Mutual Aid ◽  
Ways Of Coping ◽  
Survivor Of Suicide ◽  
Societal Problems ◽  
Collective Goals ◽  
Group Facilitators

A total of 56 Japanese and 59 American survivor of suicide support group facilitators were asked to rank the mutual aid objectives of their groups following Shulman’s scheme in terms of their frequency and importance. Both American and Japanese facilitators showed an emphasis on personal adaptation goals (such as helping bereaved feel less isolated in their grief or encouraging bereaved to share their coping with loss experiences) over collective goals (such as raising monies for more research on mental illness or trying to combat societal suicide stigma in their local communities). Differences were also noted with American facilitators evaluating helping with problem solving, sharing different ways of coping, viewing personal issues as societal problems, and advocating for promoting social change as significantly higher than the Japanese did. We believe some of these contrasts reflect differences in American and Japanese cultural values.

scholarly journals MICRO FINANCE THROUGH WOMEN SELF-HELP GROUPS

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 1319-1322
Author(s):  
Raghu B.T ◽  
◽  
Venkatesha T.K ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Support Groups ◽  
Industrial Society ◽  
Common Disease ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Mutual Aid ◽  
Mutual Help ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
Community Ties ◽  
Self Help Groups

Self-help groups also known as mutual help, mutual aid, or support groups, or groups of people who provide mutual support for each other. In a self-help group, the members share a common problem, often a common disease or addiction. Their mutual goal is to help each other to deal with, if possible to heal or to recover from, this problem. In traditional society, family and friends provided social support. In modern industrial society, however, family and community ties are often disrupted due to mobility and other social changes. Thus, people often choose to join with others who share mutual interests and concerns.

scholarly journals Self-Help/Mutual Aid Groups and Peer Support

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 1-219
Author(s):  
Thomasina Borkman ◽  
Carol Munn-Giddings ◽  
Melanie Boyce
Keyword(s):  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Support Groups ◽  
English Language ◽  
Behavioral Science ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Mutual Aid ◽  
Single Issue ◽  
Research Attention ◽  
Self Help

Abstract English-language social and behavioral science research into US self-help/mutual aid groups and nonprofit organizations (e.g., Alcoholics Anonymous, Parents Without Partners, or bereavement groups) is reviewed. The review begins in the 1960s and proceeds into the new millennium, when institutionalized self-help/mutual aid was co-opted and renamed “support groups” by professionals. SHGs are intentionally created, single-issue, voluntary member-run mutual benefit groups that value the authority of lived experience, are cost-free, and where peers give and receive help from each other. Research attention expanded to European and Asian research in the 1990s, but has now switched to mental health peer support.

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