"Vilka speciella människor vi blir": En studie om förändrade självbilder och livsstilar genom självhjälpsgruppen Al-Anon
(2006)School of Social Work
- Abstract
- The purpose of this essay was to describe how individual members of the self-help group Al-Anon discuss the importance and the influence the group has/have concerning their own lifestyle and self-image. To find answer to this I carried out qualitative interviews with five female members of a local Al-Anon group and later on analyzed the interviews using various concepts based upon the symbolic interactionism. I have mainly used concepts as; role-taking, significant symbols and referencegroup. Through the analysis of the interviews I have seen that the respondents self-image and thereby also their self-esteem has changed since they became a part of their local Al-Anon group. I have also noticed changes in their behaviors in their way of... (More)
- The purpose of this essay was to describe how individual members of the self-help group Al-Anon discuss the importance and the influence the group has/have concerning their own lifestyle and self-image. To find answer to this I carried out qualitative interviews with five female members of a local Al-Anon group and later on analyzed the interviews using various concepts based upon the symbolic interactionism. I have mainly used concepts as; role-taking, significant symbols and referencegroup. Through the analysis of the interviews I have seen that the respondents self-image and thereby also their self-esteem has changed since they became a part of their local Al-Anon group. I have also noticed changes in their behaviors in their way of life. As Al-Anon is a referencegroup to the respondents the group's significant symbols, in the language, has in a great extent become common to them. They use plenty of common concepts, for example; need to control, codependency and relapse. It is also clear how these significant symbols are used by the members to facilitate role-taking and thereby understanding. (Less)
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- author
- Martinsson, Marika
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2006
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Al-Anon, symbolisk interaktionism, självhjälpsgrupper, medberoende, Social problems and welfare, national insurance, Sociala problem, social välfärd, socialförsäkring
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1327266
- date added to LUP
- 2006-07-18 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2006-07-18 00:00:00
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abstract = {{The purpose of this essay was to describe how individual members of the self-help group Al-Anon discuss the importance and the influence the group has/have concerning their own lifestyle and self-image. To find answer to this I carried out qualitative interviews with five female members of a local Al-Anon group and later on analyzed the interviews using various concepts based upon the symbolic interactionism. I have mainly used concepts as; role-taking, significant symbols and referencegroup. Through the analysis of the interviews I have seen that the respondents self-image and thereby also their self-esteem has changed since they became a part of their local Al-Anon group. I have also noticed changes in their behaviors in their way of life. As Al-Anon is a referencegroup to the respondents the group's significant symbols, in the language, has in a great extent become common to them. They use plenty of common concepts, for example; need to control, codependency and relapse. It is also clear how these significant symbols are used by the members to facilitate role-taking and thereby understanding.}},
author = {{Martinsson, Marika}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{"Vilka speciella människor vi blir": En studie om förändrade självbilder och livsstilar genom självhjälpsgruppen Al-Anon}},
year = {{2006}},
}