Mutual-help groups: The members' views of their benefits;Gruppi di automutuoaiuto: La valutazione dei benefici dal punto di vista dei partecipanti

Rivista di Psichiatria

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 410-416

  Gigantesco, Antonella ^a   Bertoldi, Stefano ^b   Mosna, Stefano ^b   Mirabella, Fiorino ^a   Morosini, Pierluigi ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Associazione di AutoMutuoAiuto (AMA)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Mutual help groups; Questionnaire; Reliability; Validity; VAMA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALE; OBESITY; PANIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SELF HELP;

EID: 10644229280     PISSN: 00356484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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