Factors Perceived as Helpful by the Members of Self-Help Groups: An Exploratory Study
Titel:
Factors Perceived as Helpful by the Members of Self-Help Groups: An Exploratory Study
Auteur:
Llewelyn, S. P. Haslett, A. V. J.
Verschenen in:
British journal of guidance & counselling
Paginering:
Jaargang 14 (1986) nr. 3 pagina's 252-262
Jaar:
1986-09-01
Inhoud:
The factors perceived as helpful by members of three different types of self-help groups are examined, using the 12 factors identified by Yalom as operative in group psychotherapy. Questionnaires were given to 45 members of self-help groups, asking for their views of the most and least helpful aspects of their experiences of their group, and for their judgement of its effectiveness. Results indicated that members of a group concerned with social and personal support in the face of a socially problematic situation (widowhood) found the experience of Universality to be the most helpful factor, while Self-Disclosure was least helpful. Members from a group for the physically sick (asthma sufferers) also reported the least helpful factor to be Self-Disclosure, but said that the most helpful factor was Guidance. By contrast, the group concerned with providing 'therapy' for depressives reported Cohesiveness to be most helpful, and Guidance to be least helpful. Comparison with other studies using similar methodologies with different group populations suggests that the factors likely to be effective in self-help groups for the socially unsupported and physically sick on the one hand, and for the psychologically disturbed on the other, may differ.
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