@article{ref1,
title="Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses and invariance assessment of the perceived powerlessness scale among youth in Baltimore",
journal="Journal of health psychology",
year="2018",
author="Lim, Sahnah and Powell, Terrinieka W. and Xue, Qian-Li and Towe, Vivian L. and Taylor, Ralph B. and Ellen, Jonathan M. and Sherman, Susan G.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="1359105318769349-1359105318769349",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1359-1053",
doi="10.1177/1359105318769349",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105318769349"
}