Community participation and psychological empowerment: Testing reciprocal causality using a cross-lagged panel design and latent constructs

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 339-347

  Christens, Brian D ^a   Peterson, N Andrew ^b   Speer, Paul W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

community participation; psychological empowerment; reciprocal causality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CAUSALITY; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 79961075059     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198110372880     Document Type: Article

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