Evaluating Youth Empowerment

Empowerment is a concept that has become increasingly used over recent years. However, little research has been undertaken into how empowerment can be evaluated, particularly in the case of young people. The aim of this article is to present an inventory of dimensions and indicators of youth empower...

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Autores: Planas Lladó, Anna|||0000-0001-6505-6222, Úcar, Xavier|||0000-0003-3678-8277
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:265388
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/265388
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1177/10982140211055643
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Empoderamiento juvenil
Evaluación del empoderamiento juvenil
Indicadores de empoderamiento juvenil
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Sumario:Empowerment is a concept that has become increasingly used over recent years. However, little research has been undertaken into how empowerment can be evaluated, particularly in the case of young people. The aim of this article is to present an inventory of dimensions and indicators of youth empowerment. The article describes the various phases in the construction and validation of the inventory. These phases were (1) a contrast of the inventory of dimensions and indicators against specialized published writings on youth empowerment; (2) the validation of the resulting inventory by experts; and (3) a contrast with young people through four participatory evaluation processes and six life stories. The tool is scientifically and practically useful and enables the impact of youth empowerment programmes to be evaluated; it also serves to plan and implement socio-educational processes aimed at influencing the empowerment of young people.