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Mazanderani, Fadhila; Noorani, Tehseen; Dudhwala, Farzana; Kamwendo, Zara Thokozani – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2020
This paper explores how personal experience acquires the status of knowledge and/or evidence in contemporary healthcare contexts that emphasise being both patient-centred and evidence-based. Drawing on a comparative analysis of three case studies -- self-help and mutual aid groups; online patient activism; and patient feedback in healthcare…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Employment Experience, Health Services, Knowledge Level
Bhutoria, Aditi; Vignoles, Anna – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2018
Policymakers have invested significant resources in financial education to improve financial literacy of the poor, reduce bad financial decision-making, and increase take-up of financial services and products. Yet, there is limited evidence on the effectiveness of such interventions, especially in developing countries. This paper provides evidence…
Descriptors: Money Management, Intervention, Females, Poverty
Pakrosnis, Rytis; Cepukiene, Viktorija – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2015
Along with positive developments in psychology, the self-help movement is becoming widespread, based on the belief that people are capable of growing and achieving positive change with only minimal help. This article addresses the potential of a solution-focused self-help tool to improve university students' well-being by comparing its outcome to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Well Being, Self Help Programs
Kirschenbaum, Daniel S.; Gierut, Kristen – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2013
Objective: To compare and contrast 5 sets of expert recommendations about the treatment of childhood and adolescent obesity. Method: We reviewed 5 sets of recent expert recommendations: 2007 health care organizations' four stage model, 2007 Canadian clinical practice guidelines, 2008 Endocrine Society recommendations, 2009 seven step model, and…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Behavior Modification, Therapy, Children
Johnston, Craig A.; Moreno, Jennette P.; El-Mubasher, Abeer; Gallagher, Martina; Tyler, Chermaine; Woehler, Deborah – Journal of School Health, 2013
Background: This study evaluated a school-based obesity intervention for elementary school children (N = 835) where health professionals assisted teachers with the integration of healthy messages into the school curriculum. Methods: Schools were randomized into a professional-facilitated intervention (PFI; N = 4) or a self-help (SH; N = 3)…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Health Programs, Obesity, Child Health
Botella, C.; Gallego, M. J.; Garcia-Palacios, A.; Banos, R. M.; Quero, S.; Alcaniz, M. – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2009
Several randomised controlled studies have shown the efficacy of Internet-based self-help treatments. These studies have centred their attention on axis I (efficacy) of the Guidelines for Empirically Validated Treatments, although there are a few studies that also take into account axis II (effectiveness). The aim of the present work was to test…
Descriptors: Public Speaking, Self Help Programs, Internet, Teaching Methods
O'Leary, Patrick J. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2009
Objective: Coping strategies of men who were sexually abused in childhood were examined to ascertain their relationship to clinical diagnoses. Time elapsed since the abuse occurred was examined for its relationship to psychological functioning. Clinical psychopathology of this primary sample of sexually abused men was compared to a community…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Self Help Programs

Green, Kenneth D.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1981
Compared progressive relaxation training (PRT), self-induced relaxation training (SRT), and a control condition on measures of tonic physiological arousal and phasic physiological and subjective reactions to fearful stimuli. Concluded that live PRT is the treatment of choice for reducing tonic physiological arousal and attenuating subjective…
Descriptors: Clinical Psychology, Comparative Analysis, Counseling Techniques, Fear

Wagman, Morton – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1980
Studies the possibility of developing systematic dilemma counseling into an autonomous mode. Experimental comparisons explore the pervasive situation in which a client successfully concludes a treatment program, only to find some subsequent problem developing in postcounseling life. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Conflict Resolution, Counseling Effectiveness

Glasgow, Russell E.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1981
Evaluated two self-help behavior therapy books for stopping smoking against a minimal treatment program. Results indicated under self-administered conditions, the minimal treatment program was as effective as the behavior therapy books. On the self-report measures, therapist contact was associated with improved treatment outcome for the behavior…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Bibliotherapy

Wesolowski, Michael D. – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 1981
Outlines six contemporary self-directed placement techniques, reviews research literature regarding these techniques, and provides guidelines regarding which self-placement technique rehabilitation professionals may choose. The Job Club and JOBS program were the most expensive and effective models and can be used with a greater variety of clients.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Job Applicants, Job Placement, Job Search Methods

Wollert, Richard W.; And Others – Small Group Behavior, 1982
Members of two types of self-help groups assessed the occurence of various helping processes in their groups. Found self-help groups emphasized supportive and expressive processes while avoiding confrontive processes; and behavioral techniques were used more frequently by behavioral control groups than by stress coping groups. (RC)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis

Haaken, Janice – Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 1993
Analysis of Al-Anon and Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA) organizational literature shows women's articulation of and responses to the problems of codependence from the 1950s to the 1980s. Progressive appropriation of feminist ideals, a critique of the family, and a disease-based model of family dysfunction characterize understanding of…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Comparative Analysis, Counseling, Family Problems
Furber, Gareth; Steele, Anna; Wade, Tracey D. – Clinical Psychologist, 2004
A previous case-series evaluation of a six-session guided self-help (GSH) approach with 15 people with bulimia nervosa (BN) showed significant reductions across all measures, including binge eating, self-induced vomiting, weight concern, shape concern and dietary restraint. However, the reduction of binge eating and self-induced vomiting was…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Effect Size, Counseling Effectiveness, Body Composition