[Factors associated with empowerment in people with a spinal cord injury due to traffic accidents].
OBJECTIVE
Analizar la capacidad de empoderamiento de un grupo de personas con lesión medular en función de la edad, el sexo, la condición funcional y la edaden la cual adquirieron la lesión.


METHODS
Ninety-four participants with a spinal cord injury (42 tetraplegics and 52 paraplegics) completed the Spanish version of the Rogers, Chamberlin, Ellison and Crean Scale (1997), designed to measure empowerment.


RESULTS
The analyses indicated higher levels of empowerment among women. Persons with tetraplegia whose injury was more longstanding also showed greater empowerment.


CONCLUSIONS
This study suggests that the capacity to become empowered can vary and evolve and should therefore be promoted in intervention programs.
Departamento de Comunicación y Psicología Social, Facultad de Derecho, Universidad de Alicante, San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, España. Electronic address: raquel.suria@ua.es.
Raquel
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Suriá Martínez
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D000786:Anger; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000067656:Optimism; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013030:Spain; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
Accidente de tráfico; Calidad de vida; Disability; Discapacidad; Empoderamiento; Empowerment; Quality of life; Traffic accidents