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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
