Evaluating an Empowerment Group for Divorced Chinese Women in Hong Kong
- 1 July 2002
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Research on Social Work Practice
- Vol. 12 (4), 558-569
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1049731502012004007
Abstract
Objective: This study evaluated the effectiveness of a Body-Mind-Spirit empowerment group for divorced Chinese women in Hong Kong. Method: A pretest and posttest comparison was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the group intervention by comparing perceived level of stress and sense of empowerment among 67 divorced women participants. Results: Compared to data obtained before intervention, the participants reported significant changes in their perceived level of stress and sense of empowerment after five group sessions. Conclusion: The effectiveness of the empowerment group for divorced Chinese women was supported by the findings.Keywords
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