RE: measuring family empowerment

[byrneml <byrneml@xxxxxx>]

Hi Ray!

In addition to the excellent suggestion to look at the McCubbbin et al. book 
on Family Assessment, you might want to visit the web site at the Family 
Research Laboratory at UNH. They have a lisitng of publications and 
methodology.

I just came across a reference I had for an article on identifying elements of
 Empowering Families by Saunders and Duncan (1995) Behaviour Change 12(2) 
109-121.

WIll keep your search in mind,
Mary Byrne

>===== Original Message From "Ray & Tien" <tena_koe@msn.com> =====
>I am doing research on family group conferencing for my PhD dissertation.  
One of the claims made about family group conferencing is that it empowers 
families.  I am looking for ways to operationalize empowerment as a research 
concept.  Is anyone aware of any studies, scales, surveys, questionnaires, 
etc. that has looked at this specific aspect of family identity, morale, 
functioning, etc?
>
>Thank you,
>Ray Pillidge, MSW, LICSW
>Doctoral student
>The Heller School
>Brandeis University

Mary Byrne
byrneml@bc.edu
Boston College GSSW