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Encouraging People With Mood Disorders to Attend a Self‐Help Group 1
Author(s) -
Powell Thomas J.,
Warner Lynn,
Hill Elizabeth M.,
Yeaton William,
Silk Kenneth R.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2000.tb02436.x
Subject(s) - attendance , psychology , intervention (counseling) , mood , bipolar disorder , depression (economics) , referent , clinical psychology , mood disorders , psychiatry , psychotherapist , anxiety , linguistics , philosophy , economics , macroeconomics , economic growth
Using an intervention based on referent power, self‐help sponsors sought to encourage attendance at self‐help meetings. They encouraged patients with major depression or bipolar disorder to attend self‐help meetings following their hospitalizations. The intervention successfully increased the attendance of the experimental group compared to those in the control group. Implications for practice are discussed.