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Psychological empowerment: Issues and illustrations
dc.contributor.authorZimmerman, Marc A.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-01T18:49:27Z
dc.date.available2016-02-01T18:49:27Z
dc.date.issued1995-10en_US
dc.identifier.citationZimmerman, Marc A. (1995). "Psychological empowerment: Issues and illustrations." American Journal of Community Psychology 23(5): 581-599.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0091-0562en_US
dc.identifier.issn1573-2770en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/117117
dc.description.abstractDiscussed several issues related to psychological empowerment. The thesis of this paper is that the development of a universal and global measure of psychological empowerment may not be a feasible or appropriate goal. I begin by distinguishing between empowerment processes and outcomes. Underlying assumptions are discussed including the notion that empowerment differs across people, contexts, and times. A nomological network that includes intrapersonal, interactional, and behavioral components is also presented. Two examples of psychological empowerment for voluntary service organization members and members of a mutual help organization are described to help illustrate differences in the specific variables that may be used to measure psychological empowerment in different populations and settings.en_US
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.en_US
dc.publisherKluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishersen_US
dc.subject.otherpsychological empowermenten_US
dc.subject.otherempowerment theoryen_US
dc.subject.othermeasurementen_US
dc.titlePsychological empowerment: Issues and illustrationsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollowen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPsychologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumDepartment of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health University of Michigan 48109-2029 MichiganAnn Arboren_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/117117/1/ajcpbf02506983.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/BF02506983en_US
dc.identifier.sourceAmerican Journal of Community Psychologyen_US
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