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Peer reviewedRiessman, Frank – Social Policy, 1976
Notes that one of the most significant characteristics of mutual aid groups is the fact that they are empowering and thus delineating. They enable members to feel and use their strengths, their own power, to have control over their own lives. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Group Dynamics, Individual Power, Program Attitudes, Program Descriptions
Peer reviewedGartner, Alan – Social Policy, 1976
Suggests that the single most important common denominator of the various types of self-help groups examined may be that the role of the person who has already lived through the experience is critical for helping others. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Group Dynamics, Mental Health
