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Changing Relationships Between Self-Help Groups And Mental Health Professionals: Shifting Ideology And Power, Vic Constantino, Geoffrey Nelson
Changing Relationships Between Self-Help Groups And Mental Health Professionals: Shifting Ideology And Power, Vic Constantino, Geoffrey Nelson
Psychology Faculty Publications
Using qualitative methods, we studied current and desired relationships between members of mental health consumer/survivor and family self-help groups and mental health professionals. Two major themes, professional ideology and practices of power and control, captured both the positive and negative aspects of the relationships the participants had experienced. To move toward more desired relationships, participants suggested education and ongoing interaction between self-helpers and professionals are needed to change professional ideology and practices, while consumer/survivor and family participation and involvement in decision making are required to reduce the power imbalance between self-helpers and professionals. We discuss the implications of the findings …
Partnerships Between Community Residents And Professionals: Issues Of Power And Social Class Across The Lifespan Of Neighbourhood Organizations, Barbara Derksen, Geoffrey Nelson
Partnerships Between Community Residents And Professionals: Issues Of Power And Social Class Across The Lifespan Of Neighbourhood Organizations, Barbara Derksen, Geoffrey Nelson
Psychology Faculty Publications
We described a qualitative sutdy of four neighbourhood centres jointly created by a sponsoring agency and community members to prevent problems in the lives of chidlren and adults in these neighbourhoods. Individual and focus group interviews with staff, community members, and other agency workers were used to develop an understanding of issues involved at various stages across the lifespan of these settings. Two tensions noted in this process were between community members and professionals from the sponsoring organization and between lower-class and middle-class community members. We discuss the implications of these findigns for practice in community development.
Double Relative Deprivation: Combining The Personal And Political, Mindi D. Foster, Kimberley Matheson
Double Relative Deprivation: Combining The Personal And Political, Mindi D. Foster, Kimberley Matheson
Psychology Faculty Publications
Double relative deprivation, which has been virtually ignored in research on relative deprivation, was expected to predict women's collective action over and above egoistic and collective deprivation. The role of socio-political resources in perceiving deprivation and participation in action was also investigated. Female students (N=164) completed a questionnaire designed to assess their perceptions of egoistic, collective, double relative deprivation (defined as the interaction between egoistic and collective deprivation), resource availability and participation in collective action. Hierarchical regression analyses indicated that double relative deprivation predicted collective action over and above egoistic and collective relative deprivation, and that resource availability also uniquely …