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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Lieberman, Morton A.
• Bliwise, Nancy Gourash

Titel

Comparisons Among Peer and Professionally Directed Groups for the Elderly: Implications for the Development of Self-Help Groups

Ist Teil von

• International journal of group psychotherapy, 1985-04, Vol.35 (2), p.155-175

Ort / Verlag

New York, NY: Taylor & Francis

Erscheinungsjahr

1985

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• SAGE is a group program developed for the community elderly. Groups led by professionals were compared to those led by the elderly, who were supervised SAGE graduates, and both of these groups of participants were compared to a wait-control group of elderly. A series of pre- and postmeasures on goal attainment scales and physical and mental health indices were used to evaluate the impact of the SAGE program. Professionally led groups had greater impact on improvement of mental health indices compared to the peer-led groups. These findings are discussed in the context of a framework used to analyze the differences between professionally conducted therapy, paraprofessionals, and peer-led self-help groups. Implications for the role of professionals in self-help are examined.