Psychometric properties of an empowerment scale: Testing cognitive, emotional, and behavioral domains

Social Work Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 109-118

  Speer, Paul W ^a,b   Peterson, N Andrew ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CSCD   (United States)

Author keywords

Community participation; Construct validity; Empowerment; Measurement; Social change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013205016     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/24.2.109     Document Type: Article

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