Metze Rosalie N, Abma Tineke A, Kwekkeboom Rick H
Research Centre for Society and Law, Amsterdam University of Applied Social Sciences, Wibautstraat 5a, 1091 GH, Amsterdam, Netherlands,
Health Care Anal. 2015 Jun;23(2):165-80. doi: 10.1007/s10728-013-0263-2.
In the last decade, Family Group Conferences (FGCs) have increasingly been used to help people and their networks deal with their problems. The FGC fits well with the call for equal rights and self-management coming from clients and client movements, as well as the economy-driven pressure towards more informal and less professional care coming from governments. However, there is a lack of knowledge about the underlying theory to explain how the FGC works. In this article, we aim to provide such a theoretical basis by examining how the concept of empowerment can be linked with the basic assumptions underlying the FGC. Can making a plan of their own indeed help to empower people and if so, how does the process of empowerment proceed? Empowerment is often mentioned as a goal of the FGC, but authors are not unanimous when it comes to the operationalisation of empowerment, especially on the relational level of the person in his or her social context. In the article, we use the concepts of relational autonomy and resilience to conceptualize empowerment on the relational and individual level.
在过去十年中，家庭小组会议（FGCs）越来越多地被用于帮助人们及其社交网络解决问题。家庭小组会议契合了服务对象及其运动所提出的平等权利和自我管理的要求，同时也顺应了政府因经济因素推动而产生的对更非正式、更非专业化照料的压力。然而，对于解释家庭小组会议如何发挥作用的基础理论，我们却知之甚少。在本文中，我们旨在通过考察赋权概念如何与家庭小组会议的基本假设相联系，从而提供这样一个理论基础。制定自己的计划真的有助于增强人们的权能吗？如果是这样，赋权过程是如何进行的呢？赋权常被提及为家庭小组会议的一个目标，但在赋权的操作化方面，尤其是在个体处于其社会背景下的关系层面，作者们并未达成一致。在本文中，我们运用关系自主性和复原力的概念，在关系层面和个体层面将赋权概念化。
