The Access Vermont Initiative: Evaluating Family Empowerment.

Autor/inn/en	VanNess-Knolls, Michelle L.; Tighe, Theodore A.
Titel	The Access Vermont Initiative: Evaluating Family Empowerment.
Quelle	(1996), (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Change Agents; Child Advocacy; Children; Competence; Emotional Disturbances; Empowerment; Evaluation Methods; Interviews; Mental Health Programs; Parent Attitudes; Program Evaluation; Rating Scales; Self Efficacy; Self Evaluation (Individuals); State Programs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Kinder- und Jugendanwaltschaft; Child; Kind; Kinder; Kompetenz; Gefühlsstörung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Elternverhalten; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Rating-Skala; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Regierungsprogramm
Abstract	This study attempted to assess family empowerment with participants in Access Vermont, a multilevel crisis intervention project for children with emotional disturbances and their families. The study used the Family Empowerment Scale, a scale based on two dimensions of empowerment level (comprised of family, service system, and community/political) and expression (comprised of attitudes, knowledge, and behavior). An analysis of use of the scale during interviews with 100 children or adolescents and their families produced three factors essential for empowerment: (1) self-efficacy (the primary caregiver's perception of her/his ability to obtain needed services for the child); (2) system advocacy (the caregiver's opinion on how effective she/he can be as an agent for change in the child's mental health care system); and (3) competence (the caregiver's feelings of competence as a parent). This three-factor solution explained 42 percent of the variance. The study plans to interview families again at 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years after intake to identify developmental changes in their reports of empowerment. (DB)
Anmerkungen	For full text: http://rtckids.fmhi.usf.edu/Proceed9th/9thprocindex.htm.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01