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Estimating the effects of empowerment on Black women's psychological well-being.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Estimating the effects of empowerment on Black women's psychological well-being./
Author:	McClain, Angelo.
Description:	226 p.
Notes:	Chair: Thanh Van Tran.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International62-07A.
Subject:	Black Studies. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3021587
ISBN:	9780493330297

Estimating the effects of empowerment on Black women's psychological well-being.
McClain, Angelo.

Estimating the effects of empowerment on Black women's psychological well-being. - 226 p.

Chair: Thanh Van Tran.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston College, 2001.

This study examined the effects of empowerment on Black women's psychological well-being, using a structural model that combines Zimmerman's Empowerment Construct (Zimmerman, 1995) and Brown's Womanist model (Brown, 1989). The model predicts that differences in psychological well-being are accounted for by differences in empowerment and Afrocentric womanism, a concept that situates the experience of Black women in the contexts of racism, sexism, and (often) classism. Data used in the analysis came from the National Survey of Black Americans, Wave 1, 1980, and Wave 2, 1987, which had usable samples of adult Black females of 742 (mean age = 43.38, SD = 17.84) and 340 (mean age = 50.01, SD = 15.96).

ISBN: 9780493330297Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017673
Black Studies.

Estimating the effects of empowerment on Black women's psychological well-being.
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520 $a This study examined the effects of empowerment on Black women's psychological well-being, using a structural model that combines Zimmerman's Empowerment Construct (Zimmerman, 1995) and Brown's Womanist model (Brown, 1989). The model predicts that differences in psychological well-being are accounted for by differences in empowerment and Afrocentric womanism, a concept that situates the experience of Black women in the contexts of racism, sexism, and (often) classism. Data used in the analysis came from the National Survey of Black Americans, Wave 1, 1980, and Wave 2, 1987, which had usable samples of adult Black females of 742 (mean age = 43.38, SD = 17.84) and 340 (mean age = 50.01, SD = 15.96).
520 $a Overall, path analysis, confirmed by hierarchical linear regression modeling, supports the structural model accounting for 40--45% of the explained variance. While demographic variables accounted for less than 7% of the variance, empowerment factors accounted for over 36% of the explained variance, emphasizing the importance of empowerment in predicting psychological well-being. Moreover, findings indicate that both intrapersonal and behavioral empowerment factors are positive predictors of well-being. In particular, three empowerment factors are important predictors of well-being: coping skills (beta = .439, p < .001), resourcefulness (beta = .159, p < .001), and perceived control (beta = .138, p < .001). Findings distinguish Afrocentric womanism as a distinct aspect of well-being (accounting for 2% of the explained variance) and empowerment (accounting for 5% of the variance. Analytical results were stable across both samples. The study concludes that an increase in empowerment improves Black women's psychological well-being, counterbalancing the disempowering impact of racism and sexism. Changes for making social work interventions more empowering are proposed in research, policy and practice.
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