عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
TL47938
LANGUAGE OF THE ITEM
.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc
انگلیسی
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Development and validation of the Azerbaijani empowerment scale: Support and new implications for theory
General Material Designation
[Thesis]
First Statement of Responsibility
Aleksandr M. Cheryomukhin
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
Peterson, N. Andrew
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2014
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
110
NOTES PERTAINING TO PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Text of Note
Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-29335-7
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
Ph.D.
Discipline of degree
Social Work
Body granting the degree
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick
Text preceding or following the note
2014
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
The empowerment construct has been central in theories and practice interventions across many health and social science disciplines. However, research and evaluation studies measuring empowerment within international community development initiatives are rare due to a lack of validated measures appropriate for the cultural context. This study represents an initial empirical effort to validate the Azerbaijani Empowerment Scale (AES), an instrument designed to assess intrapersonal component of psychological empowerment among adult community residents in Azerbaijan, a former Soviet country with a secular Muslim culture. The participants (n = 350) were recruited in urban and rural communities using a purposeful sampling strategy. The present study examined the underlying factor structure of the AES instrument and its associations with conceptually related variables (i.e., community participation, sense of community, depression, and alienation). Exploratory factor analysis suggested that the AES instrument included three dimensions: leadership competence, policy control, and beliefs in community action. Partial correlations demonstrated that the AES measure was related with other variables in expected ways. Results of a path analysis indicated that the hypothesized model provided a good fit to the data from the sample of community residents in Azerbaijan. Specifically, both sense of community and community participation had direct, positive effects on all three empowerment subscales. In addition, a direct effect of depression on leadership competence was found, as well as indirect effects on all three dimensions of empowerment through its relationships with sense of community and community participation. Alienation was found to have a direct, negative effect on beliefs in community action, as well as indirect effects on all three subscales of empowerment through its relationship with community participation. Findings supported the reliability and validity of the AES.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Social research; Mental health; East European Studies; Social work
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
Social sciences;Health and environmental sciences;Azerbaijan;Community development;Community mental health;Empowerment;International development;International social work;Measurement;Scale validation;Sense of community;South caucasus
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Shaikh, Tayeba
PERSONAL NAME - SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITY
Peterson, N. Andrew
CORPORATE BODY NAME - SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITY
Subdivision
Social Work
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick
LOCATION AND CALL NUMBER
Call Number
1617959784; 3642492
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[Thesis]
276903
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