Characteristics of Natural Helpers

dc.contributor.advisorHill, Clara Een_US
dc.contributor.authorStahl, Jessica Vogelen_US
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2005-02-02T06:19:41Z
dc.date.available2005-02-02T06:19:41Z
dc.date.issued2004-10-26en_US
dc.description.abstractResearch on natural helping to date has been lacking in theoretical foundations and simple methods of identifying natural helpers. The current study was designed to test a theory-based measure of natural helping and explore how individuals cluster on measures evaluating proposed theoretical characteristics of natural helpers. Participants were 168 undergraduates who completed a series of self-report measures related to natural helping (e.g. empathy, social support, interpersonal strengths) and were rated by two volunteer clients on a measure of therapy process and outcome. Cluster analysis revealed five clusters, including one of natural helpers who obtained above average client ratings and had an above average composite score of all natural helping measures. Natural helpfulness of each cluster as well as validity, reliability, and utility of the theory-based measure of natural helping are discussed. Finally, the initial theoretical propositions regarding natural helping are revised and implications for future research are addressed.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/1960
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPsychology, Clinicalen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrollednatural helperen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledlay helperen_US
dc.titleCharacteristics of Natural Helpersen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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