TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses and invariance assessment of the perceived powerlessness scale among youth in Baltimore
JO  - Journal of health psychology
A1  - Lim, Sahnah
A1  - Powell, Terrinieka W.
A1  - Xue, Qian-Li
A1  - Towe, Vivian L.
A1  - Taylor, Ralph B.
A1  - Ellen, Jonathan M.
A1  - Sherman, Susan G.
SP  - 1359105318769349
EP  - 1359105318769349
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1359-1053
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105318769349
ID  - ref1
ER  -