Psychological empowerment: Issues and illustrations

1995/10/01 by Marc A. Zimmerman · 21 citations
Health Professions · Social Sciences · #Community Health and Development #Health Policy Implementation Science #Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology

paper · doi:10.1007/bf02506983

Abstract

Discussed 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.

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