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Does self-help help? An empirical investigation of scoliosis peer support groups
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This article is published in Journal of Social Issues.The article was published on 1985-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 52 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Peer support & Positive Youth Development.read more
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Social support interventions: do they work?
TL;DR: In this article, 100 studies that evaluated the efficacy of social support interventions were located using a computerized search strategy, and studies were subdivided into (1) group vs. individual interventions, (2) professionally led vs. peer-provided treatment, and (3) interventions where an increase of network size or perceived support was the primary target vs. those where building social skills (to facilitate support creation) was the focus.
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A review of quality of life and psychosocial issues in scoliosis.
TL;DR: The impact of scoliosis on health-related quality of life (HRQL), psychosocial functioning, and body image to improve patient outcomes was determined and interventions aimed at managing psychossocial or body image disturbances may help to ameliorate the potentially negative impact ofscoliosis.
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Social support, organizational characteristics, psychological well-being, and group appraisal in three self-help group populations
TL;DR: Bidirectional supporters (i.e., individuals high on both receiving and providing support) reported more favorable well-being and group appraisal than Receivers, Providers, and Low Supporters; groups with higher levels of role differentiation, greater order and organization, and in which leaders were perceived as more capable contained members who reported more positive well-operation.
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Researching community psychology : issues of theory and methods
TL;DR: In this paper, a detailed view of the intent, process and products of community psychological research is given, which offers a balanced look at integrating the tender interests in bettering social welfare with the tough value of developing a reliable scientific body of knowledge.
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Peer support telephone dyads for elderly women: was this the wrong intervention?
TL;DR: Evidence indicates that, in this sample, low perceived family support was significantly related to poor mental health, so it is possible that a program designed to increase friend support may have been the wrong intervention.
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