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The Examination Of Cognitive Empowerment Dimensions On Intrapersonal Psychological Empowerment, Psychological Sense Of Community, And Ethnic Identity Among Urban Youth Of Color, David T. Lardier, Pauline Garcia-Reid, Robert Reid
The Examination Of Cognitive Empowerment Dimensions On Intrapersonal Psychological Empowerment, Psychological Sense Of Community, And Ethnic Identity Among Urban Youth Of Color, David T. Lardier, Pauline Garcia-Reid, Robert Reid
Department of Family Science and Human Development Scholarship and Creative Works
The purpose of this investigation is to examine heterogeneity and membership with subgroups of cognitive empowerment among youth of color. Within this heterogeneity, this study hopes to identify the relationship each of these subgroups of youth have with conceptually related variables including intrapersonal psychological empowerment, psychological sense of community (SOC), and ethnic identity. The participants were 383 urban youth of color in grades 9 through 12. The results showed significant variation between profile groups of youth and the association higher levels of cognitive empowerment have with intrapersonal psychological empowerment, psychological SOC, and ethnic identity; albeit, some variation was present. This …
Validation Of An Abbreviated Sociopolitical Control Scale For Youth Among A Sample Of Underresourced Urban Youth Of Color, David T. Lardier, Robert Reid, Pauline Garcia-Reid
Validation Of An Abbreviated Sociopolitical Control Scale For Youth Among A Sample Of Underresourced Urban Youth Of Color, David T. Lardier, Robert Reid, Pauline Garcia-Reid
Department of Family Science and Human Development Scholarship and Creative Works
Empowerment is a higher order multilevel framework that is used to understand and evaluate individuals, groups, organizations, and communities as they engage in the practice and execution of the participatory process. The intrapersonal component of psychological empowerment has been examined through sociopolitical control and occupies two dimensions: leadership competence and policy control. Though the Sociopolitical Control Scale for Youth (SPCS-Y) has been examined using a 17-item scale, Christens, Krauss, and Zeldin (2016) recently assessed the factorial validity of an abbreviated SPCS-Y among a sample of Malaysian adolescents. Yet, there is a need to further examine this abbreviated SPCS-Y among a …