School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, and Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Box U1987, Perth, WA, 6845, Australia.
Am J Community Psychol. 2009 Dec;44(3-4):302-15. doi: 10.1007/s10464-009-9265-5.
The need for a model that can portray dynamic processes of change in mutual help groups for mental health (MHGMHs) is emphasized. A dynamic process model has the potential to capture a more comprehensive understanding of how MHGMHs may assist their members. An investigation into GROW, a mutual help organization for mental health, employed ethnographic, phenomenological and collaborative research methods. The study examined how GROW impacts on psychological well being. Study outcomes aligned with the social ecological paradigm (Maton in Understanding the self-help organization: frameworks and findings. Sage, Thousand Oaks 1994) indicating multifactorial processes of change at and across three levels of analysis: group level, GROW program/community level and individual level. Outcome themes related to life skills acquisition and a change in self-perception in terms of belonging within community and an increased sense of personal value. The GROW findings are used to assist development of a dynamic multi-dimensional process model to explain how MHGMHs may promote positive change.
强调需要一个能够描述心理健康互助团体（MHGMHs）中动态变化过程的模型。动态过程模型有可能更全面地了解 MHGMHs 如何帮助其成员。对心理健康互助组织 GROW 进行的一项调查采用了民族志、现象学和合作研究方法。该研究调查了 GROW 如何影响心理健康。研究结果与社会生态范式（Maton，“理解自助组织：框架和发现”，Sage，Thousand Oaks 1994）一致，表明在三个分析层面上的多因素变化过程：团体层面、GROW 计划/社区层面和个人层面。研究结果主题与生活技能的获取以及自我认知的变化有关，包括在社区中的归属感和个人价值感的增强。GROW 的研究结果用于协助制定一个动态的多维过程模型，以解释 MHGMHs 如何促进积极的变化。
