Understanding the Self-Help Organization - Powell, Thomas J.

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Résumé :
This volume provides comprehensive coverage of self-help organizations, which in the United States alone involve over seven million people, from small local groups to major national organizations such as Alcoholics Anonymous. The focus is on three critical areas: public policy and self-help; participation, particularly by minorities, in self-help; and various frameworks which contribute to understanding self-help. The book concludes with six chapters of major findings and case studies.

Sommaire:
Preface - Thomas J Powell
Some Comments on Knowledge Development in the Self-Help Field
PART ONE: POLICY FRAMEWORKS AND FINDINGS
Self-Help Research and Policy Issues - Thomas J Powell
Agency Involvement with Self-Help Programs and Quality of Mental Health Services for Older Adults - Thomas J Powell
PART TWO: MAJORITY AND MINORITY PARTICIPATION FRAMEWORKS AND FINDINGS
Problems in Assessing Prevalence and Membership Characteristics of Self-Help Group Participants - Morton A Lieberman and Lonnie R Snowden
African-American Participation in Self-Help Groups - Lonnie R Snowden and Morton A Lieberman
Researching Mutual Help Group Participation in a Segregated Society - Keith Humphreys and Michael D Woods
Individual, Group Context, and Individual-Group Fit Predictors of Self-Help Group Attendance - Douglas A Luke, Linda Roberts and Julian Rappaport
PART THREE: EXPLANATORY FRAMEWORKS
Narrative Studies, Personal Studies, and Identity Transformation in the Mutual Help Context - Julian Rappaport
Moving Beyond the Individual Level of Analysis in Mutual-Help Group Research - Kenneth I Maton
An Ecological Paradigm
Consumer Roles in Self-Help Group Research - Caroline L Kaufmann
The Naturalistic Paradigm as an Approach to Research with Mutual Help Groups - Mellen Kennedy, Keith Humphreys and Thomasina Borkman
PART FOUR: FINDINGS
The Self-Help Clearinghouse - Gregory Meissen and Mary Warren
A New Development in Action Research for Community Psychology
Self-Help for Sickle Cell Disease in African American Communities - Kermit B Nash and Kathryn D Kramer
Identifying the Experiential Knowledge Developed within a Self-Help Group - Marsha A Schubert and Thomasina Borkman
Twelve Steps for Everyone? Lesbians in Al-Anon - Christine L Saulnier
Understanding Self-Help Groups - J B Kingree and R Barry Ruback
Self-Help Groups for Families with Mental Illness or Alcoholism - Linda Farris Kurtz