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Measuring the Intrapersonal Component of Psychological Empowerment: Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Sociopolitical Control Scale

dc.contributor.authorPeterson, N. Andrewen_US
dc.contributor.authorLowe, John B.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHughey, Josephen_US
dc.contributor.authorReid, Robert J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorZimmerman, Marc A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSpeer, Paul W.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-01T18:50:36Z
dc.date.available2016-02-01T18:50:36Z
dc.date.issued2006-12en_US
dc.identifier.citationPeterson, N. Andrew; Lowe, John B.; Hughey, Joseph; Reid, Robert J.; Zimmerman, Marc A.; Speer, Paul W. (2006). "Measuring the Intrapersonal Component of Psychological Empowerment: Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Sociopolitical Control Scale." American Journal of Community Psychology 38(3-4): 263-274.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0091-0562en_US
dc.identifier.issn1573-2770en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/117223
dc.description.abstractThe Sociopolitical Control Scale (SPCS) is a widely used measure of the intrapersonal component of psychological empowerment. Confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) were conducted with data from two samples to test the hypothesized structure of the SPCS, the potential effects of method bias on the measure's psychometric properties, and whether a revised version of the scale (SPCS‐R) yielded improved model fit. Sample 1 included 316 randomly selected community residents of the Midwestern United States. Sample 2 included 750 community residents of the Northeastern U.S. Results indicated that method bias from the use of negatively worded items had a significant effect on the factor structure of the SPCS. CFA of the SPCS‐R, in which negatively worded items were rephrased so that all statements were positively worded, supported the measure's hypothesized two‐factor structure (i.e., leadership competence and policy control). Subscales of the SPCS‐R were found reliable and related in expected ways with measures of community involvement. Implications of the study for empowerment‐based research and practice are described, and strategies to further develop the SPCS are discussed.en_US
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.en_US
dc.publisherKluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishersen_US
dc.subject.otherSociopolitical controlen_US
dc.subject.otherPsychological empowermenten_US
dc.subject.otherMeasurementen_US
dc.titleMeasuring the Intrapersonal Component of Psychological Empowerment: Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Sociopolitical Control Scaleen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollowen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPsychologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/117223/1/ajcp9070.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10464-006-9070-3en_US
dc.identifier.sourceAmerican Journal of Community Psychologyen_US
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