2010
DOI: 10.1037/a0018854
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The process of empowerment: A model for use in research and practice.

Abstract: In this article, we propose a model of the process of empowerment. The notion of empowerment is compelling and much employed across many subfields inside and outside of psychology, but the lack of consistency in the ways prior literature has defined it is an obstacle to meaningful synthesis of findings and consistent application in practice. Our empowerment process model builds on prior work in taking the following steps: articulating empowerment as an iterative process, identifying core elements of that proce… Show more

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“…This could be due to the fact that, despite being contextualized at different levels, efficacy and empowerment are overlapping concepts that have very similar attributes. Self-efficacy is seen as a concept employed at individual level, linked to personal levels of performance, and which has a clearly psychological component (41) , while empowerment has psychological, social and political elements and is used to describe personal variables, care practices and the characteristics of the system (4,33,36) .…”
Section: Discussion Definition and Dimensionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This could be due to the fact that, despite being contextualized at different levels, efficacy and empowerment are overlapping concepts that have very similar attributes. Self-efficacy is seen as a concept employed at individual level, linked to personal levels of performance, and which has a clearly psychological component (41) , while empowerment has psychological, social and political elements and is used to describe personal variables, care practices and the characteristics of the system (4,33,36) .…”
Section: Discussion Definition and Dimensionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Campbell and Erbstein (2012) state that youth get involved in social issues in order to change their communities. Where there is access to relevant and reliable resources about youth mental health and strong social networks, participating in a youth-adult partnership promotes youth empowerment and resilience (Cattaneo & Chapman 2010). However, adult partners' (also known as allies) attitudes towards youth can impact youth involvement in social-or health-related issues.…”
Section: Youth Engagement: Using Knowledge Translation To Convert Knomentioning
confidence: 99%
“…(1) Improvement in the economy, particularly food availability (2) Improvement of social welfare (education and health) (3) Independence from all forms of intimidation and violation (4) Ensuring security (5) Ensuring the human rights, free from the fear In harmony with the meaning of empowerment that has been described above, Cattaneo and Chapman (2010) defines empowerment as a process where somebody taking a step towards to achieve goal, observing and implementing certain action to obain that goal.…”
Section: International Journal Of Social Science Researchmentioning
confidence: 99%