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Direct linkChristens, Brian D.; Peterson, N. Andrew; Speer, Paul W. – Health Education & Behavior, 2011
Empowerment theory provides both a value orientation for community-based research and practice, and a conceptual framework for understanding and evaluating interventions. One critical question in empowerment theory involves whether a reciprocal (bidirectional) relationship exists between community participation (CP) and psychological empowerment…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Structural Equation Models, Community Involvement, Psychology
Christens, Brian D.; Speer, Paul W.; Peterson, N. Andrew – Journal of Community Psychology, 2011
This study examined whether social class moderated the relationship between empowering and disempowering processes and psychological empowerment (PE) in a sample of individuals from five community organizing initiatives (N=490). Hierarchical regression analyses were used to test the relationship between community participation (CP) and alienation…
Descriptors: Social Class, Community Involvement, Academic Achievement, Interaction
Wilke, Lindsay A.; Speer, Paul W. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2011
Processes of psychological empowerment for members of community-based organizations may be strongly influenced by organizational factors. Using survey data from a random sample of urban residents (n = 974), the present study examines how individual perceptions of empowering features of organizations (group-based belief system, role opportunity,…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Partnerships in Education, Community Change, Psychology
Speer, Paul W. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2008
Prilleltensky's notion of psychopolitical validity elevates power as a key phenomenon of interest within community psychology. Importantly, two types of psychopolitical validity are articulated: epistemic--the explicit study of power, and transformative--understanding the role of power in social change. In this article, the author develops the…
Descriptors: Validity, Psychological Studies, Power Structure, Social Justice
Peterson, N. Andrew; Speer, Paul W.; McMillan, David W. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2008
First-order and second-order models of sense of community (SOC) were tested using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of data gathered from a random sample of community residents (n=293) located in the midwestern United States. An 8-item Brief Sense of Community Scale (BSCS) was developed to represent the SOC dimensions of needs fulfillment, group…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Psychological Patterns, Community, Factor Analysis
Peterson, N. Andrew; Speer, Paul W.; Hughey, Joseph – Journal of Community Psychology, 2006
Instability in the factor structure of the Sense of Community Index (SCI) was tested as a methodological artifact. Confirmatory factor analyses, tested with two data sets, supported neither the proposed one-factor nor the four-factor (needs fulfillment, group membership, influence, and emotional connection) SCI. Results demonstrated that the SCI…
Descriptors: Group Membership, Citizen Participation, Quality of Life, Factor Structure
