Personal Empowerment and Life Satisfaction among Self-Help Group Members in Hong Kong
| Autor: | Yuet W. Cheung, Bong-ho Mok, Tak-Sing Cheung |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Social Psychology
media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies Self-esteem Social environment Life satisfaction Poison control 021107 urban & regional planning 02 engineering and technology Social group 0502 economics and business Psychology Empowerment Social identity theory Social psychology 050203 business & management Applied Psychology media_common Social capital |
| Zdroj: | Small Group Research. 36:354-377 |
| ISSN: | 1552-8278 1046-4964 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1046496404272510 |
| Popis: | This study examines the relationship between personal empowerment and life satisfaction among self-help group members in Hong Kong. Personal empowerment is viewed as a form of social capital derived from engagement in the social relations within the self-help group that allows members to obtain benefits such as increasing their life satisfaction. Sense of mastery and self-esteem are introduced as intervening variables between personal empowerment and life satisfaction. A path model is constructed to compare the direct effects and indirect effects of personal empowerment, sense of mastery, and self-esteem on life satisfaction. The same model is also tested across various sociodemographic subgroups. Findings support a significant and positive relationship between personal empowerment and life satisfaction and show that there are sociodemographic differences in the effect of the former on the latter. Implications of the findings for future research and services pertaining to personal empowerment and its outcomes in Hong Kong are discussed. |
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