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Showing 1 to 20 of 307 for “"self-help"”.
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Health promotion with a single parents self-help group
… parent. An organization of single parents (self-help group) provides a support system responsive to the special problems of single parents, including discussion groups, which are responsive to the inadequacies in the ongoing lives of single parents, in promoting mental health. Self-help …
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The Measurement of Change in a Self-Help Context
Self-help groups are addressing the mental health needs of millions of people throughout the world, and are now being considered an important social phenomenon. However, little is known about the variety of changes experienced by individuals who participate. While there have been some attempts at …
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Comparing guided self-help and self-help acceptance and commitment therapy skills-based internet intervention to manage food cravings: a pilot feasibility study
… community were randomly assigned to either a) a self-help delivery method or b) a guided self-help method, where remote support was provided by the researcher. Psychological flexibility, emotional eating and food cravings were measured by validated questionnaires at pre, post and at 1 month …
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A self-help behavioral activation treatment for geriatric depressive symptoms
… differences between groups at this period on a self-reported measure of depressive symptoms were not significant. Within-subjects analyses examining both treatment groups combined showed that clinician-rated depressive symptoms significantly decreased from pre-treatment to both post-treatment …
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Extending the limits of self-help housing strategies in Lima
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1987.
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Public policy alternatives for self-help (Harambe) schooling in Kenya
The emergence of self-help education phenomenon was analyzed by examining the documents available in the Ministry of Education. The records indicate that self-help education was started in Kenya earlier than 1963, particularly in the Central Province under the name, Kikuyu Independent Schools; and …
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The promotion of socially acceptable behaviour through philophonetics self help tools
The study is aimed at introducing Philophonetics self help tools as an intervention strategy to deal with the unacceptable behaviour of learners in school. The researcher used a total number of ten (10) participants who were between the ages of sixteen (16) to twenty two (22) who are high school …
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Transformational texts: genre, discourse and subjectivity in the self-help book
… discourse and subjectivity in the contemporary self-help book. It argues that these texts have links with classical and modern ethics of optimum living and are predicated on an ontology of transformative possibility which is expressed through typical rhetorical strategies. Furthermore, that the …
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Centro Migrante : self-help housing community for transient seafarers in Manila
The design of sustainable housing in developing countries involves social, economical and technical issues and requires a more global and integrated planning action. In these countries, housing systems need to be designed and planned according to the local and geographical conditions, in order to …
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Evaluation of possibilities of urban aided self-help housing for Indonesia
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1958.
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On self-help in a site and services project in Kenya
The concept of self-help in a site and services project is based on the assumption that given the security of land tenureship_, an owner-builder can manage the whole process of house implementation. Generally, in any sponsored site and services project this assumption is supported by "aid" ; that …
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A qualitative study investigating the potential for collaborative relationships between clinical psychologists and self-help groups in the field of mental health, and comparing clinical psychologists' views about self-help groups with self-help group members' views about the professional care system
… relationships between clinical psychologists and self-help group members in the field of mental health, comparing the views of each group in relation to the other and their preferred relationships. The participant group comprised: (a) 16 clinical psychologists working in adult mental health …
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A process of empowerment through a self-help group for divorced women
… someone within a certain context to gain inner self-control. The best way of understanding empowerment is to focus on its process rather than outcome. It is also important to determine the structure upon which empowerment is likely to exist. As a result, this study was about the exploration of …
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Is guided self-help a treatment option for people with intellectual disability?
… is little evidence of the use of guided self-help as an intervention for people with intellectual disability. The Self-Assessment and INTervention, is a guided self-help tool designed specifically for this group. There are three linked studies within this thesis that aim to; [1] develop a …
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Essays on Leadership Selection and Public Goods Provision in Self-Help Organizations
… selection and public goods provision in self-help organizations. Leadership selection is defined as the rules for selecting leaders, as well as the factors that determine the quality of the leadership class. Self-help organizations are defined as relatively small-size voluntary groups …
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The Informal as a Project: Self-Help Housing in Peru, 1954-1986
This dissertation examines the history of aided self-help housing through the case study of Peru, which was the site of significant experiments in this field, and pioneering in its efforts to enact a large-scale policy of land tenure regularization in unplanned settlements. As the sheer scale of …
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