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标题：Support-nets: A participative Action-research into the Value of a Mutual Support Group to overcome Social Isolation
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作者：Jenny Zwijnenburg ; Tine van Regenmortel ; René Schalk 等
期刊名称：Social Work and Social Sciences Review
印刷版ISSN：1746-6105
出版年度：2021
卷号：22
期号：2
页码：71-87
DOI：10.1921/swssr.v22i2.1538
语种：English
出版社：Whiting & Birch Ltd
摘要：Social isolation is a widespread problem with which community oriented social workers are increasingly confronted. Mutual support groups can be used by social workers to support socially isolated people. This paper reports on a participatory action research into the method Support-nets. In this method, a mutual support group is set up specifically for people that share the problem of social isolation. The aim of the study was to gain insight in how participants and social workers give substance to mutual support to overcome structural social isolation. Results show that in a Support-net, every participant is enabled to actively contribute. This makes participants feel that they are valued members of a social group. Based on this shared identity, people offer each other different types of social support, thus alleviating their isolation.