賦能量表之編製，及其於高齡者園藝治療團體之應用

The Development and Applications of the Empowerment Scale for Elders

本研究旨在發展一份具信、效度之賦能量表，同時驗證其於高齡者之使用效果，以提供高齡者諮商實務之應用。研究分為兩部分，第一部份為賦能量表之編製，第二部分為其於高齡者之應用，透過高齡者參與園藝治療實務之賦能評估，以檢驗其使用效果。賦能量表之編製過程，透過489名成年人為研究對象，以項目分析及因素分析等統計方法進行資料處理，完成14題項2因素（充能感及失控感）之良好內部一致性（α值各為.91與.89）及建構效度之量表，同時將之應用於安養機構10位高齡者住民參與園藝治療之賦能效果測量；於其參與團體前後進行量表施測，以評估其前後差異情形。研究發現高齡者參與園藝治療前後，出現顯著差異，包括立即性效果及長期性效果，其長期效果以一個月及三個月之追蹤測量，亦呈現顯著賦能效果。研究結果進一步提供未來相關實務工作及研究參考。

"The purpose of this study was to develop a reliable and valid scale of empowerment for adult, and to verify its’effectiveness in order to provide applications for elderly’s counseling and practice. There were two sections of this research, the first one was to establish the empowerment scale, and the second one was used this scale to evaluate the state of empowerment about the elderly participated in the horticultural group therapy. The process of construction of empowerment scale was conducted through 489 adults, and data processing was performed using statistical methods such as item analysis and factor analysis. The 14 questions had 2 factors (empowering, disempowering) with good internal consistency (alpha value of .91 and .89) and construct validity. The researcher invited 10 older adults living in the nursing home to participate in the horticultural group therapy. After the termination of horticultural group therapy, the researcher used this scale to evaluate the immediate and long-term empowerment effects of the 10 older people. The findings were that there were immediate and long-term empowerment effects of these older people after they finished the horticultural group therapy. The final research outcome was proposed for the future research and implications."