Development of a scale to measure residents' psychological empowerment in Chinese Urban Community

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ID11043374
AuthorsQi Wang (0000-0003-0464-2118, Zhejiang Normal University), Xiaojuan Chen (0000-0002-2109-1277, Zhejiang Normal University), Yongsheng Chen (0000-0002-9519-2302), Yong‐Sheng Chen (0000-0002-5581-850X, Zhejiang Normal University, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume39
Issue2
Pages202-211
Publication date2011-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-4392 • E-ISSN: 1520-6629
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/jcop.20427
OpenAlexW2076243334
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited11

The present study combined the literature analysis with the empirical study and proposed a Chinese local conception of psychological empowerment, which was defined as a process of personality‐oriented, self‐motivated, and proactive control with the aim of community members' citizen participation. Its basic dimension comprised an inclination to criticize based on change, the self‐evaluation for participatory competence, and the proactive control of participatory motivation. A Chinese Urban Citizens' Psychological Empowerment (CUCPE) Scale was developed and two pretest studies were conducted to refine the scale. The final investigation showed that the CUCPE Scale had good reliabilities and validities. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc

Citizen journalism · Competence (human resources) · Empirical research · Empowerment · Geography · Personality · Political science · Scale (ratio) · Applied Psychology · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Community Health and Development · Health Policy Implementation Science · Psychology · Social Psychology

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