The role of power and control in children's lives: An ecological analysis of pathways toward wellness, resilience and problems
The role of power and control in children's lives: An ecological analysis of pathways toward wellness, resilience and problems
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DOI：
10.1002/casp.616
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发表时间：
2001-03-01
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Peirson, L
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作者：
Prilleltensky, I;Nelson, G;Peirson, L
关于无力感、赋权和控制的文献往往以成人为中心且以心理为中心。它以成人为中心是因为大多数研究涉及成年人的无力感体验，或者从成人的角度解释儿童的现实情况。同时，该文献相当以心理为中心，因为它侧重于无力感的情感和认知维度，相对忽视了社会和政治权力。本文的目的是纠正这些偏见，并阐明权力和控制在儿童生活中走向健康、韧性和出现问题的路径中所起的作用。我们将健康定义为一种令人满意的状态，它是通过获取和发展物质及心理资源、参与和自主、能力和自我效能而实现的。权力和控制被定义为社会、社区和家庭环境为发展健康和良好状态的这三个维度所提供的机会。我们重点介绍了描述走向健康、韧性和生活中出现问题的路径的基础研究，以及关于改善儿童健康和良好状态的有前景的干预措施的应用研究。我们根据所提出的通过三个维度将权力/控制与健康联系起来的概念框架来解读这些文献。版权所有©2001约翰威立父子有限公司
The literature on powerlessness, empowerment and control tends to be adult-centric and psycho-centric. It is adult-centric in that most studies deal with the experience of powerlessness in adults or interpret children's realities from an adult point of view. At the same time, the literature is quite psycho-centric in that it focuses on the emotional and cognitive dimensions of powerlessness, to the relative neglect of social and political power. The purpose of this article is to redress these biases and elucidate the role of power and control in pathways toward health, resilience and problems in children's lives. We define wellness as a satisfactory state of affairs, brought about by the acquisition and development of material and psychological resources, participation and self-determination, competence and self-efficacy. Power and control are defined as opportunities afforded by social, community, and family environments to develop these three dimensions of health and wellness. We highlight basic research which describes pathways toward wellness, resilience, and problems in life, as well as applied research on promising interventions to improve children's health and wellness. This literature is interpreted in terms of our conceptual framework that links power/control and wellness through the three dimensions that we have proposed. Copyright (C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.