Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-1-2018

Journal / Book Title

Journal of Community Psychology

Abstract

Empowerment is a higher order multilevel framework that is used to understand and evaluate individuals, groups, organizations, and communities as they engage in the practice and execution of the participatory process. The intrapersonal component of psychological empowerment has been examined through sociopolitical control and occupies two dimensions: leadership competence and policy control. Though the Sociopolitical Control Scale for Youth (SPCS-Y) has been examined using a 17-item scale, Christens, Krauss, and Zeldin (2016) recently assessed the factorial validity of an abbreviated SPCS-Y among a sample of Malaysian adolescents. Yet, there is a need to further examine this abbreviated SPCS-Y among a sample of U.S adolescents. This study tested the factor structure of the abbreviated SPCS-Y among a sample of urban youth of color (N = 383). Using multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) we examined the relationship leadership competence and policy control had with conceptually related variables. Analyses supported the bidimensional factor structure and the factorial validity of the abbreviated SPCS-Y. MANOVA results also indicate that participants with both higher leadership competence and policy control also had higher composite scores among conceptually related variables.

DOI

10.1002/jcop.22087

Published Citation

Lardier Jr. DT, Reid RJ, Garcia-Reid P. Validation of an abbreviated Sociopolitical Control Scale for Youth among a sample of underresourced urban youth of color. J Community Psychol. 2018; 46: 996–1009. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22087

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