At all levels, the overall aim of empowerment
is not just individual change but change in the conditions, usually
social or political, that engender the disempowered state. For
example, empowerment at the psychological level involves change in
both the intrapersonal (e.g., competency, self-esteem, and selfefficacy)
and interpersonal (e.g., increased skill development and
participation with peers in one’s sociopolitical context) realms (Wallerstein,
1992).