The interpreting audience: The therapeutics of self‐help book reading

Article Properties
Refrences
Title Journal Journal Categories Citations Publication Date
Promises and Prescriptions: Self-Help Books in Mental Health and Medicine American Journal of Health Promotion
  • Medicine: Internal medicine: Special situations and conditions: Industrial medicine. Industrial hygiene
  • Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
  • Social Sciences
 25 1986
Meaning in Context: Is There Any Other Kind?

 Harvard Educational Review
  • Education: Theory and practice of education
  • Education
  • Social Sciences
 238 1979
Meaning in Context: Is There Any Other Kind?

 1987
Naturalistic inquiry International Journal of Intercultural Relations
  • Philosophy. Psychology. Religion: Psychology
  • Social Sciences: Sociology (General)
  • Social Sciences: Sociology (General)
  • Social Sciences: Sociology (General)
  • Social Sciences
 22,838 1985
Naturalistic inquiry 1982
Citations
Title Journal Journal Categories Citations Publication Date
‘Up to you’: Self-help books, depression and the reconstruction of reading

 Media, Culture & Society
  • Language and Literature: Philology. Linguistics: Communication. Mass media
  • Social Sciences: Sociology (General)
  • Social Sciences
 2023
Dynamics of single mothers’ semantic strategies in Anglophone non-fiction

 Open Research Europe
  • Social Sciences
 2023
Dynamics of single mothers’ semantic strategies in Anglophone non-fiction

 Open Research Europe
  • Social Sciences
 2023
“If you are in the search of eternity—live in the present, live in love”: intersubjectivity and its relation to religion and spirituality in self-help literature Journal of Contemporary Religion
  • Philosophy. Psychology. Religion: Religions. Mythology. Rationalism
  • Philosophy. Psychology. Religion
 1 2022
Values that stories in self-improvement books promote

 Narrative Inquiry
  • Language and Literature: Philology. Linguistics: Communication. Mass media
  • Language and Literature: Philology. Linguistics
  • Language and Literature: Philology. Linguistics
  • Social Sciences
 2 2020
Citations Analysis
Category Category Repetition
Social Sciences19
Language and Literature: Philology. Linguistics: Communication. Mass media12
Social Sciences: Sociology (General)10
Education: Theory and practice of education4
Philosophy. Psychology. Religion3
Medicine: Internal medicine: Special situations and conditions: Industrial medicine. Industrial hygiene2
Social Sciences: The family. Marriage. Woman: Women. Feminism2
Education2
Social Sciences: Social sciences (General)2
Social Sciences: Commerce: Business: Personnel management. Employment management1
Social Sciences: Commerce: Business1
Social Sciences: Economic theory. Demography: Economics as a science1
Social Sciences: Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform1
Fine Arts: Visual arts1
Philosophy. Psychology. Religion: Ethics1
Medicine: Public aspects of medicine1
Language and Literature: Philology. Linguistics1
Philosophy. Psychology. Religion: Religions. Mythology. Rationalism1
Philosophy. Psychology. Religion: Psychology1
Education: Special aspects of education1
The category Social Sciences 19 is the most commonly referenced area in studies that cite this article. The first research to cite this article was titled Self‐help books and the construction of reading: Readers and reading in textual representation and was published in 1993. The most recent citation comes from a 2023 study titled ‘Up to you’: Self-help books, depression and the reconstruction of reading. This article reached its peak citation in 1995, with 5 citations. It has been cited in 27 different journals, 7% of which are open access. Among related journals, the Women's Studies in Communication cited this research the most, with 5 citations. The chart below illustrates the annual citation trends for this article.
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