Group composition and its impact on effective group treatment of HIV and AIDS patients

Siebert, Margaret J.; Dorfman, William I.

doi:10.1007/bf02578434

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“…With patients who have HIV, groups that are homogeneous for stage of illness, risk behaviors, and sex provide members with greater support (Siebert & Dorfman, 1995). Homogenous groups produce more cohesion and satisfaction (Perrone & Sedlacek, 2000) and are less likely to have group intra-group conflicts; yet, if these conflicts do arise, homogeneous groups are more likely to use cooperative conflict resolution tactics, leading to a more positive outcome (Oetzel, 1998).…”

Section: Social Skills Training In Children With Attention Deficit Hymentioning

confidence: 98%

Social Skills Training in Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Randomized-Controlled Clinical Trial

Antshel¹,

Remer²

2003

Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology

142

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Evaluated efficacy of social skills training (SST) on children with 2 subtypes of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Participants were 120 children (30 girls, 90 boys), ages 8 to 12 with ADHD-Inattentive type (ADHD-I; n = 59) or Combined type (ADHD-C; n = 61). The children were randomly assigned within diagnosis subtype to the treatment condition (8 weeks of SST) or the no-intervention control condition. SST led to greater improvements in both parent- and child-perceived assertion skills in the children with ADHD, yet did not affect the other domains of social competence. Diagnostically heterogeneous groups led to greater improvements on parent-report of their child's cooperation and assertion abilities as well as children's report of their own empathy skills. Diagnostically homogeneous groups led to greater decreases in externalizing behaviors at posttreatment but not at follow-up. Children with comorbid oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) did not benefit as much from the intervention. Children with ADHD-I improved in assertion skills more than children with ADHD-C, yet the 2 diagnostic entities did not differ in improvement levels across all other social skills.

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Section: Social Skills Training In Children With Attention Deficit Hymentioning

confidence: 98%

Social Skills Training in Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Randomized-Controlled Clinical Trial

Antshel¹,

Remer²

2003

Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology

142

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“…Support groups offer supportive environment for women with HIV to express their suppressed feelings in the company of women in the same situation. It also facilitates the sharing of strategies for securely disclosing HIV status, builds a network of friends to socialise with and provides emotional support [ 36 , 37 ]. Gray [ 38 ] argued that women in support groups become empowered to value themselves and their life and make small steps to improve their life both emotionally and physically.…”

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confidence: 99%

Women living with HIV/AIDS (WLHA), battling stigma, discrimination and denial and the role of support groups as a coping strategy: a review of literature

2015

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Background and objectivesWomen living with HIV/AIDS, in particular, have been positioned as a latent source of infection, and have captivated culpability and blame leading to a highly stigmatised and discriminated life. Despite the situation, women and their particular concerns have largely been ignored in HIV/AIDS research literature.This review aims to examine and analyze the feelings, experiences and perceptions of Women living with HIV/AIDS (WLHA) and will also access the role of support group as a coping strategy on the basis of 7 primary researches conducted in or on different parts of the world.MethodologyA systematic literature search was carried out on major data bases ASSIA, CINAHL, Science Direct, Web of Knowledge, Wiley Inter Science, AMED, Pub Med/Bio Med Central, MEDLINE and Cochrane Library. The articles included for review purpose were gauged against the pre-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria and quality assessment checklist resulting in a final 7 papers.Findings/resultsThe findings were compiled into five thematic areas: (1) Disclosure as a sensitive issue; (2) Stigma and Discrimination associated with HIV/AIDS and the multidimensional effects on women’s health and wellbeing; (3) Internalised Stigma; (4) Women living with HIV/AIDS experiences of being rejected, shunned and treated differently by physicians, family and close friends; (5) Support Group as among the best available interventions for stigma and discrimination.ConclusionSupport groups should be offered as a fundamental part of HIV/AIDS services and should be advocated as an effective and useful intervention. Further research is needed to examine the effect of support groups for women living with HIV/AIDS. A community based randomised controlled trial with support group as an intervention and a control group could provide further evidence of the value of support groups.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12978-015-0032-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…The differential between the heterogeneous and homogenous groups in changes in depression over time suggests that composing groups to enhance patient similarity is a simple strategy for enhancing the group experience, seeing themselves as more alike. Previous research (Johnson, 1988;Kivlighan & Coleman, 1999;Klein & Dologite, 2000;Siebert & Dorfman, 1995;Vernaleken, 1997) reported that similarity among participants enhanced the group's positive experience. The fact that only the homogeneous group participants independently decided to continue their groups at the end of the study by forming their own chat groups on Yahoo suggests that the homogenous groups were in fact more cohesive (a shared sense of belonging).…”

Section: Social Work In Health Carementioning

confidence: 95%

Online Support Groups for Parkinson's Patients

Lieberman¹,

Winzelberg²,

Golant³

et al. 2006

Social Work in Health Care

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(A) Will PD patients participate in online, professionally led support groups? (B) What are their demographics characteristics and PD severity? (C) Are such groups beneficial? (D) Should patients be grouped for stage of disease? Depression and quality of life were assessed. Sixty-six people were assigned to a 20-week, professionally facilitated online support group. Participants were assigned to one of 2 group types based on patient similarity: homogeneous and heterogeneous. PD patients appear to readily enroll in online groups. Compared to PD patients in traditional support groups, the online were younger, less depressed and had higher quality of life. Dropouts (39%) were high. Overall, patients showed improved quality of life; no overall changes were observed in depression. Participants in the homogenous groups reported a significant decrease in depression.

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Group composition and its impact on effective group treatment of HIV and AIDS patients

Cited by 12 publications

References 43 publications

Social Skills Training in Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Randomized-Controlled Clinical Trial

Social Skills Training in Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Randomized-Controlled Clinical Trial

Women living with HIV/AIDS (WLHA), battling stigma, discrimination and denial and the role of support groups as a coping strategy: a review of literature

Online Support Groups for Parkinson's Patients

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