An analysis of mutual assistance

Levine, Murray

doi:10.1007/bf00912521

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“…They suffer from the same gender traps that afflict non-addicts…'' (p. 147). The MKPI and recovery self-help groups provide many psychological resources for their members, including a sense of community, counter-cultural support, an adaptive cognitive ideology, a safe environment that encourages honesty and confession, healthy role models (leaders) for desired behavior, and practical coping strategies (Levine 1988).…”

Section: Agementioning

confidence: 99%

Healing Men and Community: Predictors of Outcome in a Men's Initiatory and Support Organization

Burke

Matón

Mankowski

et al. 2010

American J of Comm Psychol

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Men have poorer health and declining social outcomes when compared to women, and research suggests that behaviors related to restrictive and traditional male gender roles contribute to this disparity. This study is an examination of The ManKind Project International (MKPI), a community-based organization that provides alternative male gender norms and a community support system to help reinforce them. The MKPI runs an intensive, experiential "Training Adventure Weekend" (TAW), followed by voluntary, on-going peer-led support and integration groups (I-Groups). One hundred men completed a pre-TAW questionnaire, an interview, and a long-term follow-up (>18 mo.) questionnaire. The study examined if there was change on the primary study variables at follow-up, and the relationship of background characteristics (age, self-help group experience) and factors related to participation (MKPI beliefs, social support, I-Group participation) to the criterion variables (depression symptoms, gender role conflict, and life satisfaction) at follow-up. Results indicated significant change in the expected directions on the primary study variables, suggesting that for these men, participation has a positive impact. Most importantly, changes in MKPI-related beliefs and social support significantly predicted positive outcomes. Also, more positive outcomes were found among men 30-44 years of age, but not among those with more prior self-help experience or I-Group participation. Possible explanations for these findings and directions for further research are discussed.

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Section: Agementioning

confidence: 99%

Healing Men and Community: Predictors of Outcome in a Men's Initiatory and Support Organization

Burke

Matón

Mankowski

et al. 2010

American J of Comm Psychol

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“…Current participants valued a facilitator in mediating such occurrences. Reinforcing this stance, Levine (1988) suggests that supportgroups often fare better with a professional in the background. Arnold and Magill (1996) maintain that self-injury support-groups require the establishment of clear and consistent boundaries in the creation of safety and containment.…”

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confidence: 94%

“…a common experience come together on a voluntary and equal basis to share their experiential knowledge and to provide and receive informal social support'. Community psychology theory purports that supportgroups assist individuals in regaining a sense of control (Levine, 1988;Reinharz, 1988) reflecting their potential for facilitating change. Three qualitative studies examined the benefits/functioning of support-groups.…”

Section: Self-injury and Support-groupsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The role of women's self‐injury support‐groups: a grounded theory

Corcoran

Mewse

Babiker

2006

Community & Applied Soc Psy

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Research evidence suggests that services are struggling to adequately address the increasing incidence of self-injury and the needs of women who self-injure, while national self-injury support-groups across the UK appear to be growing in number. Despite their reported value, evidence regarding the role of self-injury support-groups in women's management of their self-injury is lacking although government policy and official guidelines are advocating the incorporation of support-groups into self-injury services. Seven semi-structured interviews were conducted and analysed using Grounded Theory to investigate the role of three UK self-injury support-groups in women's management of self-injury and associated difficulties. Empowerment-as-process emerged as the core theme of self-injury supportgroups, mediated through experiences of belonging, sharing, autonomy, positive feeling and change. Findings are discussed in relation to relevant theory and research, followed by critical evaluation and implications of the study.

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“…Twelve step groups offer support for coping with some after-effects, such as addiction, but these groups do not directly address educational or work-related needs. Also, some women survivors nd they "do not t" in 12 step groups, increasing their sense of social isolation (Hall, 1993, 1994a, 1994b, 1996b, Levine, 1987Maton, 1989).…”

Section: Background and Significancementioning

confidence: 97%

Women Survivors of Childhood Abuse: The Impact of Traumatic Stress on Education and Work

Hall

2000

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

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A disempowering after-effect of childhood abuse that is not well-researched in nursing is the inability of many women abuse survivors to perform successfully in adulthood tasks such as working, managing money, and parenting. This inability often results from lack of family support, cultural impoverishment, limited formal education, and for some, illiteracy. By default, many women survivors engage in criminal, usually dangerous forms of work. A critical/feminist interview study involved 20 urban low income abuse survivors, who were mostly women of color. Participants were recovering cocaine misusers who had suffered multiple forms of childhood maltreatment. This article reports on a secondary analysis of narratives given by survivors, focused on learning and work difficulties. Findings were grouped into five broad domains: (1) school as problematic, (2) lack of adult life skills, (3) problems with academic and health literacy, (4) legitimate and illicit forms of work, and (5) means of help. In vivo quotes support these themes, and policy and practice implications are discussed.

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An analysis of mutual assistance

Cited by 54 publications

References 82 publications

Healing Men and Community: Predictors of Outcome in a Men's Initiatory and Support Organization

Healing Men and Community: Predictors of Outcome in a Men's Initiatory and Support Organization

The role of women's self‐injury support‐groups: a grounded theory

Women Survivors of Childhood Abuse: The Impact of Traumatic Stress on Education and Work

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