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N. Andrew Peterson
Researcher at Rutgers University
Publications - 100
Citations - 4892
N. Andrew Peterson is an academic researcher from Rutgers University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Empowerment & Sense of community. The author has an hindex of 36, co-authored 94 publications receiving 4366 citations. Previous affiliations of N. Andrew Peterson include University of Iowa & University of Missouri–Kansas City.
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Validation of a brief sense of community scale: Confirmation of the principal theory of sense of community
TL;DR: In this paper, an 8-item Brief Sense of Community Scale (BSCS) was developed to represent the SOC dimensions of needs fulfillment, group membership, influence, and shared emotional connection.
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Beyond the individual: toward a nomological network of organizational empowerment.
TL;DR: An initial attempt to describe the nomological network of empowerment at the organizational level of analysis—organizational empowerment (OE).
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School engagement among Latino youth in an urban middle school context: Valuing the role of social support
TL;DR: In this paper, a path model was proposed to predict school engagement of Latino youth in urban communities. But, it was found that teacher support, friend support, parent support, and neighbor support were more important than neighborhood and school environment variables.
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The Role of Empowerment in Youth Development: A Study of Sociopolitical Control as Mediator of Ecological Systems' Influence on Developmental Outcomes
TL;DR: Sociopolitical control was found to mediate the relationships between ecological supports and risk factors and developmental outcomes, leading to the conclusion that perceived efficacy in the sociopolitical domain, and youth empowerment, more generally, should be considered as core elements of the ecology of human development.
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Psychometric properties of an empowerment scale: Testing cognitive, emotional, and behavioral domains
Paul W. Speer,N. Andrew Peterson +1 more
TL;DR: Empowerment has become an important goal for social workers in policy and direct practice domains as discussed by the authors, but modifications need to be made on the basis of the variety of social work settings in which empowerment may be applied.