Activism through Self-Help Group Membership
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Patterns and correlates of self-help group membership in the United States
AUTHOR ABSTRACT Data from a recently completed national survey are presented on patterns and correlates of self-help group participation in the United States. Over twenty-five million Americans are estimated to have participated in a self-help group at some time in their lives; over ten million, in the past 12 months. These estimates are conservative and might, in fact, be substantially lower t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Small Group Research
سال: 1993
ISSN: 1046-4964,1552-8278
DOI: 10.1177/1046496493242006