Self-Help Groups’ Order of Interaction Where There is Difficulty in Referring to and Sharing the Community Narrative

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to elucidate self-help groups’ (SHG’s) order of interaction in cases where difficulty is encountered in referring to and sharing community narratives. Previous research argued that SHGs were regarded as narrative communities: SHGs provide an alternative identity to participants who transform their personal life stories through conforming to the community narrative. However, Previous research has not focused on the SHGs’ order of interaction itself because it tended to attempt to understand the community narratives of SHGs and how they influenced participants’ life stories. This paper therefore analyses the order of interaction in SHGs where veteran members comprehend and explain the order of interaction to others.