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The primary group as supportive milieu: Applications to community psychology
Author(s) -
Gottlieb Benjamin H.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
american journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1573-2770
pISSN - 0091-0562
DOI - 10.1007/bf00894044
Subject(s) - health psychology , community psychology , intervention (counseling) , public health , psychology , social support , action (physics) , primary prevention , community health , public relations , crisis intervention , applied psychology , social psychology , nursing , medicine , political science , psychiatry , physics , disease , pathology , quantum mechanics
The paper reviews evidence documenting the health-protective effects of the informal social support extended by kith, kin, and community gatekeepers. Noteworthy features of a classification scheme describing the substance of informal helping behaviors are reviewed. Implications for future research and action address: (a) the need for professionals to reexamine occasions for the provision of consultation and crisis-intervention services; (b) the potential for using social network analysis to identify vulnerable groups in the community; (c) the merits of advocating on behalf of informal support systems as favorable settings for the accomplishment of primary prevention.