Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Rita Karoline Olsen
Summary: Child participation is advocated in various contexts, and empowering children is crucial for their active involvement. This article explores the theoretical framework for ethically justifiable participation situations with adults, and introduces four dimensions of empowerment: information, autonomy, recognition, and alliance.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Sujan Poudel, Chiranjivi Adhikari, Rajesh Kumar Yadav, Dipendra Kumar Yadav, Deependra Kaji Thapa, Mihajlo Jakovljevic
Summary: The study found that maternal empowerment strongly influences children's nutritional status, especially stunting and underweight. It is suggested that empowering women through intrinsic factors, such as education and community membership, to make their own decisions. Interventions to improve children's nutritional status should include women's empowerment and incorporate dimensions of material resources.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Family Studies
Silvie Bovarnick, Claire Cody
Summary: The study found that engaging survivors of sexual violence in advocacy activities can have positive effects on their trauma responses, including establishing safety and trust, empowerment, and critical reflection. This has implications for children and youth services interested in more meaningful participatory advocacy work, despite facing ethical and practical challenges.
CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW
(2021)
Article
Development Studies
Diego Maiorano, Dishil Shrimankar, Suruchi Thapar-Bjorkert, Hans Blomkvist
Summary: This paper introduces a novel survey-based method for measuring people's empowerment, involving direct measurement of decision-making, assessment of the reasons for valuing choices, and consideration of social norms in strategic life decisions. The effectiveness of the method is demonstrated using original survey data from India, highlighting the importance of the Empowerment score for policy applications and evaluations.
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Juliene Madureira Ferreira, Kristen Bottema-Beutel
Summary: Through conversation analysis, this study investigates how autistic children provide accounts in small-group discussions. Nine Finnish children (7-10 years old) with special support participated in a five-month pedagogical practice designed to enhance their participation in groups. Analyzing videos of sharing circles, the study identifies three different account structures that gradually influence the children's positions in the group. The results highlight how accounts can shape children's focus, reveal their reflections on relevance, and offer implications for educational practices.
JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
(2023)
Review
Geography
Bronwyn Elisabeth Wood
Summary: The field of youth citizenship has grown rapidly in the past 2 decades, but it is still a contested idea due to the 'liminal' or in-between status that young people occupy between childhood and adulthood. This paper proposes a conceptual framing that sees youth citizenship at the intersection of youth becoming, being and doing, and examines two emerging research streams in the fields of youth everyday lived citizenship and digital citizenship.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Sarah Dupuis, Monique Hennink, Amanda S. Wendt, Jillian L. Waid, Md Abul Kalam, Sabine Gabrysch, Sheela S. Sinharoy
Summary: This study developed a novel framework to describe a pathway to empowerment among female participants in an HFP intervention, as implemented in the FAARM trial. These results have implications for the design of future nutrition-sensitive agriculture interventions, which should prioritize opportunities to increase empowerment and mitigate the barriers identified in our study.
Article
Art
Liam Maloy, Pat Thomson
Summary: This paper discusses the various purposes of art education, including supporting students to explore, interpret, ask critical questions, communicate and realise ideas, experiment, take risks, collaborate, tell stories and/or engage in social and political actions. The authors examine whether educational researchers have the same view on students' potential and capacities for involvement. They bring the results of a Rapid Evidence Review (RER) of the benefits of arts education into conversation with the literatures on student voice and participation, highlighting opportunities for inclusive research practices.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ART & DESIGN EDUCATION
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Kira DiClemente-Bosco, Alison Z. Weber, Abigail Harrison, Nokwazi Tsawe, Zanele Rini, Kirsty Brittain, Christopher J. Colvin, Landon Myer, Jennifer A. Pellowski
Summary: This study examines the behaviors and adherence to treatment of peripartum women living with HIV using women's empowerment theory. The findings suggest that resources, agency, and achievements are key factors influencing adherence to treatment. Therefore, interventions aimed at improving adherence should focus on enabling resources, enhancing women's agency, and emphasizing the achievable goals associated with high levels of adherence.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Linnea A. Zimmerman, Leah R. Koenig, Julie Pulerwitz, Patrick Kayembe, Matilde Maddeleno, Caroline Moreau
Summary: The study found weak correlations between gender norm perceptions and agency, with different patterns observed between boys and girls, suggesting that interventions promoting gender equality should consider the importance of both gender norms and unequal power division dynamics.
JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Sara H. Hsieh, Crystal T. Lee, Timmy H. Tseng
Summary: This study proposes a comprehensive framework integrating both social and functional views to investigate determinants that enhance psychological empowerment and user satisfaction in online brand communities. By highlighting the underexplored role of psychological empowerment, the study sheds light on how an enabling environment can be cultivated to drive consumer participation in brand value co-creation.
INFORMATION & MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Thomas M. Philip, Pratim Sengupta
Summary: The Learning Sciences is undergoing a significant transformation, recognizing the need to view the real world as composed of political entities and processes, in order to deepen the understanding of the relationship between learning and politics. Through a contrapuntal approach, the intertwining of disciplinary expertise in computing with historical patterns of racial exploitation has been revealed, highlighting the importance of embracing uncertainties and theoretical possibilities in recognizing learning as political and a contestation of empire.
JOURNAL OF THE LEARNING SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Political Science
Ali Cheema, Sarah Khan, Asad Liaqat, Shandana Khan Mohmand
Summary: The study highlights the role of male household members as gatekeepers of women's political participation in patriarchal settings. Through a field experiment in Pakistan, it is found that targeting women with a nonpartisan get-out-the-vote campaign does not affect their turnout in a national election. However, there is a significant increase in women's turnout when male household members are canvassed to support women's participation. Households where both men and women are canvassed experience the largest increase in women's turnout, along with increased political discussion and practical support from men to help women vote. The study demonstrates the importance and tangible benefits of engaging men to overcome barriers to equal participation.
AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW
(2023)
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Claudia Schroeer, Stephan Voss, Caroline Jung-Sievers, Michaela Coenen
Summary: Digital technologies in public health are primarily used in medical settings, but there is limited research on digital media facilitating participation and empowerment in community settings. Digital formats are particularly suitable for purposes where anonymity and flexibility are beneficial, such as online peer exchange and peer support programs.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Robert Lundmark
Summary: A participatory approach is recommended for organizational interventions aiming to improve employee well-being, but the power-sharing perspective is generally missing in organizational intervention literature. This paper aims to broaden the understanding of power-sharing mechanisms and proposes six strategies to consider in terms of power-sharing. Implications for research, organizations, and practitioners interested in occupational health improvements are discussed, emphasizing the importance of aligning power-sharing forms with employee needs and training managers in power-sharing practices.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)