Patterns of natural helping in rural areas: Implications for social work research

Patterson, Shirley L.; Memmott, Jay; Brennen, Eileen M.; Germain, Carel B.

doi:10.1093/swra/28.3.22

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“…The findings supported a natural helping model rather than a professional model of contribution. 14,15 In fact, some volunteers expressed a desire to stay away from using professional skills and resist their previous formal helping roles (eg, nursing). The idea of doing "what is needed" in an informal way seemed to strongly reflect the natural helping stance of volunteers and was at the heart of the volunteer's perception of their contribution in palliative care.…”

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Narrative Accounts of Volunteers in Palliative Care Settings

Guirguis-Younger

Grafanaki

2008

Am J Hosp Palliat Care

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The long and evolving tradition of palliative care has always had a strong volunteer dimension. The difficult nature of palliative care invites questions around why volunteers choose this particular line of contribution. To expand our knowledge of the elements that create meaning and capture the essence of volunteer experience, we asked volunteers to share the rewards and the challenges of their work and its personal meaning. Significant themes emerged around what volunteers considered the most valuable aspects of their experience. Volunteers identified freedom of choice and the ability to use their natural gifts as an important condition for satisfaction. In addition, they perceived emotional resilience and personal hardiness as important dimensions of their suitability for working in palliative care. Finally, volunteers felt that their approach must be one of a balanced perspective, with an understanding of life and death as part of the human condition.

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Narrative Accounts of Volunteers in Palliative Care Settings

Guirguis-Younger

Grafanaki

2008

Am J Hosp Palliat Care

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“…), or ''facilitating-doing'' social support services for others (e.g., Patterson & Memmott, 1992). Other researchers have found that the skills used by natural/lay helpers differ subtly from that of professionals (e.g., Milne, Cowie, Gormly, White, & Hartley, 1992;Nagel, Hoffman, & Hill, 1995;Reisman & Yamokoski, 1974;Toro, 1986;Tracey & Toro, 1989), although no differences have been found in the effectiveness of natural and professional helpers (e.g., Strupp & Hadley, 1979).…”

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A comparison of four methods for assessing natural helping ability

Stahl¹,

Hill²

2008

Journal Community Psychology

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The current study was designed to compare four possible methods of identifying natural helpers: a self‐report measure of natural helping ability, ratings by others of helping ability based on two 10‐minute helping sessions, self‐report on measures assessing theoretically‐derived constructs related to natural helping, and a self‐report of intent to pursue a helping career. On the basis of a correlational analysis, we found the most support for the self‐report measure of natural helping ability and intent to pursue a helping career. Implications for research and training are provided. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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“…Others often turn to such individuals when they have problems—instead of directing and advising, they tend to listen and mentalize. Shirley Patterson's3 work with natural helpers in community settings summarizes some of the features of this role. Seelig and Rosof4 have identified several pathological variants of altruism in which the motivation for such helpfulness may be psychotic grandiosity, sadomasochism, and milder forms of neurotic conflict.…”

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The Role of the Bystander in the Social Architecture of Bullying and Violence in Schools and Communities

Twemlow

Fonagy

Sacco

2004

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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The bystander is defined as an active and involved participant in the social architecture of school violence, rather than a passive witness. Bullying is redefined from a triadic (bully-victim-bystander) rather than dyadic (bully-victim) perspective. Teachers, including administrators, and students can promote or ameliorate bullying and other forms of violence when in this social role. Cases are used to illustrate this phenomenon, including one in which a teacher is murdered. Data are presented from a study of teachers' perceptions of other teachers who bully students, suggesting that bullying of students by teachers and bullying of teachers by students is a factor in the aggravation of school bullying and violence that needs to be more openly discussed. An intervention in nine elementary schools involving 3,600 students is outlined to illustrate how a focus on reflective mentalizing and awareness of the importance of the helpful bystander role can promote a peaceful school-learning environment for students and teachers. The paper concludes with an outline for research into how communities and schools adopt bystanding roles when faced with complex problems like youth violence, and how they may avoid facing the problems by blaming law enforcement and educators.

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Patterns of natural helping in rural areas: Implications for social work research

Cited by 11 publications

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Narrative Accounts of Volunteers in Palliative Care Settings

Narrative Accounts of Volunteers in Palliative Care Settings

A comparison of four methods for assessing natural helping ability

The Role of the Bystander in the Social Architecture of Bullying and Violence in Schools and Communities

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