Increasing Financial Empowerment among Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence : A Growth Curve Analysis

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Financial empowerment interventions are often used with survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) to improve their financial well-being. However, few evaluations actually measure financial empowerment as an outcome. Thus, the purpose of this study was to develop and test a conceptual model for financial empowerment and then use the model to evaluate the effectiveness of a financial literacy intervention at increasing financial empowerment for survivors. The conceptual model was guided by Christens' nomological network for psychological empowerment and included four components: emotional, cognitive, relational, and behavioral. The analyses used data from a randomized controlled trial evaluating Moving Ahead, a financial literacy program developed for IPV survivors (n = 449). To determine whether this intervention was effective at increasing financial empowerment for survivors over time, confirmatory factor analyses were run to test for longitudinal measurement invariance, followed by a curve-of-factors growth model (CFM) with assignment as a time-invariant predictor of change. Strict partial longitudinal measurement invariance was achieved and CFM results found assignment to be significantly associated with both initial status (.054, p = .042) and change over time (.114, p = .000). Results suggest that this conceptual model for financial empowerment fit the data well and the intervention was effective.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:68

Enthalten in:

American journal of community psychology - 68(2021), 1-2 vom: 14. Sept., Seite 29-46

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Johnson, Laura [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Curve-of-factors growth model
Empowerment theory
Financial literacy
Intimate partner violence
Journal Article
Measurement
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 25.10.2021

Date Revised 25.10.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/ajcp.12491

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM319031888