The Global Psychological Empowerment Scale for Women is a valid and reliable measure to assess women's psychological empowerment in their day-to-day life (e.g., roles, responsibilities, problems, and their solutions etc.).
Developed by:
Syeda Azra Batool and Syeda Shahida Batool
Measure domains:
Impact
Problem Focused Coping
Meaningfulness
Competence/Self-efficacy
Self-determination
Problem Focused Coping
Meaningfulness
Competence/Self-efficacy
Self-determination
Items and subscales:
21 items
5 subscales
5 subscales
Outcomes predicted:
N/A
Cronbach's alpha:
0.86
subscales range from 0.64-0.84
subscales range from 0.64-0.84
Study population(s):
Married women ages 21-60, living with their husbands and with at least one child.
Additional information:
Validity assessed using correlations with Psychological Empowerment Questionnaire (PEQ) for Employees and the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS)
Measure validated?:
Y
Citation of original article
Get citationBatool, S. A., & Batool, S. S. (2017). Construction and validation of Global Psychological Empowerment Scale for Women. Pakistan Journal of Clinical and Social Psychology, 15(1), 3-10.