Psychological Development and Education ›› 2011, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (1): 105-111.

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Development of a Psychological Empowerment Questionnaire for Teachers at Elementary and Secondary Schools in China

WANG Jin-liang1,2, ZHANG Da-jun1,2   

  1. 1. Center for Students' Mental Health, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China;
    2. Institute for Educational Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
  • Online:2011-01-15 Published:2011-01-15

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Abstract: This study aimed to develop a psychological empowerment questionnaire for elementary and secondary school teachers.Valid data from 1272 teachers were analyzed using subscale development technique,the results of which had shown that teachers-psychological empowerment was composed of three subscales,including psychological empowerment feeling,empowerment skill and empowerment behavior.Specifically,psychological empowerment feeling included factors of self-efficacy,impact,status and self-determination;empowerment skill included factors of skill for decision-making involvement and skill for communication;empowerment behavior included factors of behaviors to influence instruction and decision-making involvement behavior.The questionnaire developed in this study had been shown to meet the psychometrics requirement and could be used to measure teachers-psychological empowerment.

Key words: elementary and secondary school teachers, psychological empowerment, empowerment feeling, empowerment skill, empowerment behavior

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  • G443
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