Knight B, Wollert R W, Levy L H, Frame C L, Padgett V P
Am J Community Psychol. 1980 Feb;8(1):53-65. doi: 10.1007/BF00892281.
The emergence of self-help groups as an important source of help-giving for persons with psychological problems has occurred without a systematic attempt to tap an important source of information about this phenomenon: the members themselves. Eighty members of nine self-help groups were surveyed. The results of this study suggest that self-help groups serve a different population than do professional therapists, that the help-giving processes are mainly supportive in nature, and that an optimistic attitude toward increased collaboration between professional care-givers and self-help groups is justified. Questions for further research are discussed.
自助团体已成为为有心理问题者提供帮助的重要来源，但其出现时却没有系统地尝试利用一个关于这一现象的重要信息来源：团体成员自身。对九个自助团体的80名成员进行了调查。该研究结果表明，自助团体所服务的人群与专业治疗师不同，其帮助过程本质上主要是支持性的，而且对专业护理人员与自助团体之间加强合作持乐观态度是合理的。文中还讨论了进一步研究的问题。
