Description

The Menon Empowerment Scale is a tool developed to measure individuals’ sense of empowerment in various settings, such as healthcare, education, and social services. Its purpose is to assess the feeling of control, competence, and self-determination a person has regarding their personal life and their interactions with their environment.

Analysis

The Menon Empowerment Scale includes a series of questions that assess different aspects of empowerment. These questions relate to:
Sense of Control: To what extent the individual feels they have control over their life and decisions.
Self-Esteem and Competence: The individual’s self-esteem and their perception of their own abilities.
Social Support: The person’s perception of the support they receive from their surroundings.
Active Participation: The individual’s involvement in decisions that affect their life and their active participation in activities.

Objective

The primary objectives of the Menon Empowerment Scale are:
Empowerment Assessment: To measure an individual’s sense of empowerment and identify areas needing improvement.
Research Purpose: To be used in research studies to understand how empowerment factors influence well-being and quality of life.
Clinical Intervention: To help healthcare professionals and social workers design interventions that strengthen individuals’ sense of empowerment.

Scoring

The Menon Empowerment Scale is scored as follows:
Questionnaire Completion: Participants respond to questions related to their sense of empowerment.
Scoring: Each item is typically rated on a scale (e.g., from 1 to 5), where higher scores indicate a greater sense of empowerment.
Total Score: The scores for all items are summed to produce an overall score representing the individual’s level of empowerment.

References

Menon, U., & Cohen, A. (2000). The Menon Empowerment Scale: Development and validation. Journal of Community Psychology, 28(1), 19–30.
Zimmerman, M. A. (1995). Psychological Empowerment: Issues and illustrations. American Journal of Community Psychology, 23(5), 581–599.
Rappaport, J. (1987). Terms of empowerment/exemplars of prevention: Toward a theory for community psychology. American Journal of Community Psychology, 15(2), 121–148.