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Download full textDesai, Hemant K. – 1991
The nature of the processes involved in the phenomena of psychological change and self-development as related to the concept of self-help and mutual aid are examined in this paper. Awareness, motivation, and self-actualization are seen as part of a fundamental process of growth and development. It is suggested that a parallel to the personal…
Descriptors: Coping, Helping Relationship, Motivation Techniques, Self Actualization
Peer reviewedTurner, David N.; Saunders, Danny – Small Group Research: An International Journal of Theory, Investigation, and Application, 1990
Observed 2 Gamblers Anonymous (GA) groups in South Wales over a 12-month period. Determined 2 broad consequences arose from encountering fellow sufferers: acceptance of diagnosis and commitment to recovery and to will of GA, or rejection of the diagnosis with the knowledge that they are returning to the outside world with a reconstituted…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Foreign Countries, Group Counseling, Group Therapy
