University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Am J Community Psychol. 2018 Jun;61(3-4):500-511. doi: 10.1002/ajcp.12247. Epub 2018 Apr 19.
This study examines a psychosocial process linking women's involvement in a grassroots women's organization with skills and experiences to promote empowered solidarity. Empowered solidarity is described as a process of increasing the sense of connection and capacity to create social transformation among a group of people united by interest in addressing a social issue. Data collected and analyzed for this research were 298 quantitative surveys conducted with two groups of women living in rural Nicaragua. One group of women were members of a grassroots feminist organization, and the other group lived in nearby communities where the organization did not offer programs. Findings document higher levels of leadership skills and sense of community, and lower levels of powerlessness among members of the organization. Additionally, tests of a process model using structural equation modeling provides support for a model that links involvement in the organization to women's increased interest in, capacity and experience in working to support women, broadly. Overall findings from this research are valuable to both community psychologists and groups seeking to enhance social justice and uphold feminist values of equity and community well-being.
本研究考察了一个心理社会过程，该过程将女性参与基层妇女组织的活动与技能和经验联系起来，以促进赋权团结。赋权团结被描述为一个过程，即在一群因关注解决社会问题而团结在一起的人中，增强联系感和创造社会变革的能力。本研究收集和分析的数据来自在尼加拉瓜农村生活的两组妇女的 298 份定量调查。一组妇女是基层女权组织的成员，另一组则居住在该组织没有提供项目的附近社区。研究结果记录了组织成员的领导技能和社区意识水平较高，而无力感水平较低。此外，使用结构方程模型对一个过程模型进行的检验为一个模型提供了支持，该模型将参与组织与妇女对支持妇女工作的兴趣、能力和经验的增加联系起来，广泛而言。这项研究的总体结果对社区心理学家和寻求增强社会正义和维护公平和平等社区福祉的女权主义价值观的团体都具有价值。
