اختبار صدق و ثبات بنية مفهوم التمكين النفسي بناءا على نموذج سبرايتزر (Spreitzer)‎ من منظور بنائي و توكيدي

Abstract EN

The aim of the present research is to examine the construct validity and reliability of the Spreitzer's psychological empowerment scale administered in a culturally diverse environment from the original cultural environment.

Psychological empowerment – according to Spreitzer's theoretical model- is a motivational construct manifested in four dimensional or factorial cognitions: meaning, competence, self-determination and impact.

Data were collected from 586 Civil Protection firefighters.

To investigate the multidimensional nature of the empowerment construct and the validity of the scale, coNFIrmatory factor analysis was conducted using AMOS-22.

Validity was assessed through convergent and discriminant validity; whereas reliability was measured via Cronbach alpha and Construct Reliability.

Results showed satisfactory fit between the data and the theoretical model (corroborate the four-factor structure of the empowerment construct), and adequate level of validity and reliability of the empowerment construct.

Key words: Psychological Empowerment, Spitzer's Model of Psychological Empowerment, confirmatory factor analysis, Validity, Reliability.