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Commentary Research on Mutual AID And Social Support: Progress And Future Directions

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
September 1995

Abstract

Signs of progress in the study of mutual aid and social support include a greater emphasis on the collection of empirical data to evaluate program effects and to comprehend relations between professional and informal sources of aid, as well as a clearer delineation of concepts and creative integration of practices associated with mutual aid. Several directions for future research on support interventions are addressed, including the nature and timing of outcome measures, analyses of the optimal fit of participants to different intervention formats, and the need for research designs that yield information about the necessary and cost-effective components of support interventions.

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Parmi les progrès notables dans les études sur l'entraide et le soutien social, il faut souligner la plus grande place accordée è la collecte de données empiriques dans le but d'évaluer des interventions et de mieux saisir les types de relations entre les intervenants professionnels et les sources informelles d'aide ainsi qu'è la clarification des concepts et des pratiques en lien avec l'entraide. Plusieurs pistes de recherche sont proposées, en particulier sur la nature des mesures d'efficacité et le moment de mesure approprié, sur l'adéquation entre les besoins des participants et les diverses interventions ainsi qu'è propos des schèmes de recherche pouvant fournir des informations sur les coûts-bénéfices et sur les composantes è retenir dans ces interventions.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 14Number 2September 1995
Pages: 229 - 234

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Benjamin H. Gottlieb

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