Factors of Empowerment for Women in Recovery from Substance Use
Factors of Empowerment for Women in Recovery from Substance Use
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DOI：
10.1007/s10464-012-9499-5
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发表时间：
2013-03-01
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Keys, Christopher B.
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作者：
Hunter, Bronwyn A.;Jason, Leonard A.;Keys, Christopher B.
赋权是一个深深植根于社区心理学理论的跨学科结构。尽管赋权具有坚实的理论基础，但很少有针对具体情况的量化措施被设计来评估特定人群的赋权。本研究以居住在美国各地康复之家的 296 名正在从药物滥用中恢复的女性为横断面样本，探讨了修改后的赋权量表的因素结构。探索性因素分析的结果确定了心理赋权的三个因素，它们与先前的心理赋权概念密切相关：自我感知、资源知识和参与。进一步的分析表明，这三个因素之间存在层次关系，在控制自我感知的情况下，资源知识可以预测参与度。最后，相关分析证明了每个因素的初始结构有效性，因为每个赋权因素都与自尊显着正相关。讨论了心理赋权理论和研究应用的意义。
Empowerment is an interdisciplinary construct heavily grounded in the theories of community psychology. Although empowerment has a strong theoretical foundation, few context-specific quantitative measures have been designed to evaluate empowerment for specific populations. The present study explored the factor structure of a modified empowerment scale with a cross-sectional sample of 296 women in recovery from substance use who lived in recovery homes located throughout the United States. Results from an exploratory factor analysis identified three factors of psychological empowerment which were closely related to previous conceptualizations of psychological empowerment: self-perception, resource knowledge and participation. Further analyses demonstrated a hierarchical relationship among the three factors, with resource knowledge predicting participation when controlling for self-perception. Finally, a correlational analysis demonstrated the initial construct validity of each factor, as each factor of empowerment was significantly and positively related to self-esteem. Implications for the application of psychological empowerment theory and research are discussed.