Abstract
Generalized perceived powerlessness is an important psychosocial construct that determines a wide range of health behaviors and outcomes. This study has two aims: (1) examine the structure of the newly developed perceived powerlessness scale using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses and (2) assess the scale’s invariance across key demographic variables using multi-group confirmatory factor analysis among a random household sample of African American and White youth (aged 15–24 years) residing in Baltimore, MD. Our study results demonstrated that the powerlessness scale is valid among a demographically diverse sample of urban youth, showing promise for use in future health behavior and outcome studies.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1644-1656 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Journal of Health Psychology |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 10-11 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 1 2020 |
Keywords
- adolescence
- perceived control
- race
- validation
- youth
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Applied Psychology