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Christens, Brian D.; Peterson, N. Andrew; Speer, Paul W. – Health Education & Behavior, 2011
Empowerment theory provides both a value orientation for community-based research and practice, and a conceptual framework for understanding and evaluating interventions. One critical question in empowerment theory involves whether a reciprocal (bidirectional) relationship exists between community participation (CP) and psychological empowerment…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Structural Equation Models, Community Involvement, Psychology
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Peterson, N. Andrew; Peterson, Christina Hamme; Agre, Lynn; Christens, Brian D.; Morton, Cory Michael – Journal of Community Psychology, 2011
Sociopolitical control (SPC) is generally considered to be a vital element of the intrapersonal component of psychological empowerment, despite contradictory findings concerning the dimensionality of the construct when applied to a youth population. This study tested the Sociopolitical Control Scale for Youth (SPCS-Y), which was designed to…
Descriptors: Empowerment, School Involvement, Drug Use, Adolescents