An analysis of the therapeutic elements in a black church service.
Hospital & community psychiatry May 1, 1984 E E Griffith, J L Young, D L Smith
Twenty members of an independent urban black church who frequently attended a midweek service were interviewed to determine the nature of their experiences during the service and to assess its psychological impact. The majority were relatively young, married, and from a Northern urban or Southern rural background. Their responses differed for each of four selected aspects of the service....