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Consumer-Operated Self-Help Centers Environment, Empowerment, and Satisfaction
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Consumer-Operated Self-Help Centers Environment, Empowerment, and Satisfaction

Margaret Swarbrick, Lisa T. Schmidt and Carlos W. Pratt
Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services, v 47(7), pp 40-47
01 Jul 2009
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3928/02793695-20090527-03
PMID: 19678478
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Abstract

Life Sciences & Biomedicine Nursing Science & Technology
Consumer-operated self-help centers were designed to provided social environments that promote participant empowerment and satisfaction. This exploratory, descriptive study examined how variance in empowerment and satisfaction scores could be explained by participants' perceptions of the social environment factors (relationship, personal growth, and systems maintenance and change) and quantity of participation. Participants (N = 144) involved in consumer-operated self-help centers completed a four-part, 161-item survey designed to capture perceptions of satisfaction, empowerment, social environment factors, quantity of center participation, and demographic data. Significant relationships were found between participant satisfaction and the three social environment factors. Findings also indicated that participant empowerment was related to quantity of self-help center involvement. From these exploratory analyses, recommendations are made on how to improve consumer-run self-help center operations.

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