Introduction Special Issue on Mutual-Aid Groups and Support Groups Mutual-Aid Groups and Support Groups: The Canadian Context

1995 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francine Lavoie ◽  
Miriam Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Support Groups ◽  
Mutual Aid ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Canadian Context

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.

The Spatial Sciences and the State

1982 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 1541-1549
Author(s):  
D G Green
Keyword(s):  
Research Agenda ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
The State ◽  
Mutual Aid ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Urban Services ◽  
The Law

This paper responds to an essay by Dear entitled “The state: a research agenda” published in a special issue of Environment and Planning A on ‘the state, the law, and the spatial sciences’. The narrowness of Dear's proposed research programme is criticised, and two additional questions for students of the spatial sciences are raised: is a nonsectional state feasible, and to what extent could urban services be supplied by mutual aid rather than by governments or commercial interests?

scholarly journals Preface to the special issue on user modeling to support groups, communities and collaboration

2006 ◽  
Vol 16 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 171-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Gaudioso ◽  
Amy Soller ◽  
Julita Vassileva
Keyword(s):  
Support Groups ◽  
User Modeling ◽  
Special Issue

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.

Self-Help, Mutual Aid, and Support Groups Among Older Adults

2000 ◽  
Vol 19 (S1) ◽  
pp. 58-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin H. Gottlieb
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Support Groups ◽  
Personnes Âgées ◽  
Mutual Aid ◽  
Self Help

RESUMECette revue de la documentation sur les soins personnels et les groupes de soutien dans le domaine de la santé chez les personnes âgées débute par la définition de ces deux approches et enchaîne avec une discussion de l'étendue de leur utilisation par les personnes âgées, les obstacles à la participation, et les façons d'adapter les groupes selon les besoins et les circonstances des personnes âgées. L'auteur examine également le fonctionnement des groupes et les résultats obtenus et recommande des avenues de recherche future et des façons d'optimiser à la fois l'attrait et l'efficacité de ces deux types de groupes d'assistance mutuelle.

Support for Mothers Who Are Incarcerated: Impact of Mutual Aid Support Groups

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-93
Author(s):  
Heather Howard ◽  
Katie Clark ◽  
Mary Piltch
Keyword(s):  
Support Groups ◽  
Support Group ◽  
Mutual Aid ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Positive Communication ◽  
Community Based Organizations ◽  
Group Members ◽  
American Children ◽  
The Impact

BackgroundThe number of American children with a mother who is incarcerated increased by 131% between 1991 and 2007, impacting more than one million children. Because of increased focus on the problems surrounding parents in prison, there has been a growing recognition of how incarceration negatively impacts children and that repairing these relationships is critical to improving family functioning.ObjectiveThe focus of this article is to present a community-based participatory study that measured the impact of a support group provided to mothers during incarceration.MethodsIn this pilot study we used a nonexperimental design for an 8-week support group assessed at baseline and post intervention.FindingsThis study demonstrated favorable results in forming social connections and promoting positive communication between group members.ConclusionCommunity-based organizations, which offer support to parents, grandparents, and children impacted by incarceration, need continual funding.

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