Self-Help Groups in Japan: Historical Development and Current Issues

Oka, Tomofumi

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“…Наряду со сказанным выше, не менее важным представляется обобщение опыта, накопленного зарубежными коллегами, изучающими с 1990 гг. практики организации самопомощи в «малых низовых группах», функционирующих в таких странах, как Великобритания, Германия, США, Япония [23]. Значим учет и опыта Анонимных алкоголиков (АА), первыми в истории продемонстрировавшими силу групп взаимопомощи как терапевтических [23].…”

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“…практики организации самопомощи в «малых низовых группах», функционирующих в таких странах, как Великобритания, Германия, США, Япония [23]. Значим учет и опыта Анонимных алкоголиков (АА), первыми в истории продемонстрировавшими силу групп взаимопомощи как терапевтических [23]. Опыт АА («безнадежных алкоголиков») получил в последующем распространение как инструмент терапии разного рода зависимостей, включая наркоманию, игроманию.…”

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Social Well-Being of the Intelligentsia How to Feel About Your Past and the Present

Osinsky

2023

Social Processes in Modern Russian Society: Problems and Prospects

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The article considers the social well-being of the intelligentsia of Tuva as a feeling of their past and present. It has been established that the Tuvan intelligentsia considers the accession of Tuva to Russia, joining the USSR, the formation of the Tuva People's Republic, and victory in the Great Patriotic War to be the most significant historical events. The assessment of the historical events of the Tuvan intelligentsia is largely identical or close to the Russian intelligentsia. The Soviet period is seen as an important and progressive stage in the development of Tuvan society. The intelligentsia feels a sense of pride in the contribution of their people to various forms of the creative process. It was revealed that in modern society the intelligentsia is worried about a decrease in the living standards of the population, an increase in crime, corruption of state officials, the loss of moral guidelines in society. The intelligentsia positively assesses the state of interethnic relations in the republic.

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Social Well-Being of the Intelligentsia How to Feel About Your Past and the Present

Osinsky

2023

Social Processes in Modern Russian Society: Problems and Prospects

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“…Only recently, in April 2020, was cognitive behavioral treatment (CBT) for gambling problems included in the national public health insurance (Kamimura, 2020). The non-governmental 12step-oriented support groups of Gamblers Anonymous (GA) have been active in Japan since 1989 (Takiguchi & Rosenthal, 2011), and Gam-Anon for concerned significant others since 1991 (Oka, 2013). The twelve steps and traditions have been adapted to suit the Japanese context, making them less confrontational (Takiguchi & Rosenthal, 2011).…”

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The Zone and the Shame: Narratives of Gambling Problems in Japan

Samuelsson

Törrönen

Hwang

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Japan has one of the highest rates of severe gambling problems in the world. However, the gambling forms that cause the most harm—pachinko and pachislot—are not recognized as gambling in the key legislation. They are understood as entertainment. On the basis of two group interviews with those who have experienced problems with gambling, this study explores how they have dealt with the shame, guilt, and stigma of pachinko-related gambling problems. The narrative analysis shows that the participants carry self-stigma as a result of self-reproach and others’ condemnation of their behavior. Feelings of shame, guilt, and fear of being stigmatized have distinctly hindered the process of seeking help. The participants describe how their gambling, which they had attempted to limit, had led to isolation from normal life. The isolation and the failures to control the gambling increased their feelings of shame and destructive behavior. Considering the characteristics of the zone, the loss of self, and the shame, guilt and stigma of failing to control excessive pachinko gambling, it is unreasonable to place the main responsibility on the individual gambler. To reduce gambling harms in Japan and the stigma associated with pachinko and pachislot problems, these gambling forms need to be acknowledged as public health concerns and categorized as gambling in the legislation.

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“…In some post-communist countries such as Croatia, physicians initiated and maintain control of self-help groups for physical diseases but lay self-helpers lead the meetings with semiautonomy (Dill 2014). Countries with restrictive civil societies such as Japan can thwart SHGs and SHOs from utilizing peer-based approaches (Oka 2013). A country's distinctive social research traditions, such as Japan's, additionally affect how SHGs are studied (Oka andChenhall 2006-2007).…”

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“…Countries with restrictive civil societies such as Japan can thwart SHGs and SHOs from utilizing peer-based approaches (Oka 2013). A country's distinctive social research traditions, such as Japan's, additionally affect how SHGs are studied (Oka andChenhall 2006-2007).…”

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Self-Help Groups

Borkman

Munn‐Giddings

2020

International Encyclopedia of Civil Society

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Mutual aid groups; Mutual help groups; Peer-led group; Self-help support group; Self-help/mutual aid Definition While their names such as self-help/mutual aid group, self-help group, or mutual help group, and definitions are contested, researchers studying them tend to agree on three central characteristics: (1) they "are run for and by people (nearly always volunteers) who share the same health, economic, or social problem or issue; (2) the primary source of participants' knowledge about their issue is direct experience; and (3) these groups operate predominantly in the nonprofit sector (Munn-Giddings et al. 2016, p. 394)." The groups usually intentionally and voluntarily convene around a common focal issue "that is challenging and/or stigmatizing for them all (thus, peers) in order to ameliorate or improve their conditions or situations. A critical feature of these groups is that they are run for and by the people who share the situation, which distinguishes them from groups run by trained professionals (e.g., social workers), which tend to be referred to as 'support groups' in the academic literature" (Munn-Giddings and Borkman 2018, pp. 59-60). Self-help/mutual aid conveys the dual features: self-help connotes relying on one's resources and lived experience, while mutual aid refers to the distinctive form of volunteeringthe reciprocal relationships of mutual helping (i.e., active participants both give and receive help). They are usually founded by citizens but can be instigated by professionals who later withdraw and pass leadership onto members of the peer group.

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Self-Help Groups in Japan: Historical Development and Current Issues

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Social Well-Being of the Intelligentsia How to Feel About Your Past and the Present

Social Well-Being of the Intelligentsia How to Feel About Your Past and the Present

The Zone and the Shame: Narratives of Gambling Problems in Japan

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