Terms of empowerment/exemplars of prevention: Toward a theory for community psychology
- 1 April 1987
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in American Journal of Community Psychology
- Vol. 15 (2) , 121-148
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00919275
Abstract
In order to develop theory any community of scientists must agree as to what constitutes its phenomena of interest. A distinction is made between phenomena of interest and exemplars. The concept "prevention" is viewed as an exemplar, whereas the concept "empowerment" is suggested as a leading candidate for the title "phenomena of interest" to Community Psychology. The ecological nature of empowerment theory is described, and some of the terms of empowerment (definitions, conditions, and periods of time) are explicated. Eleven assumptions, presuppositions, and hypotheses are offered as guidelines for theory development and empirical study.Keywords
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