Empowerment Scale (Rogers)

The Empowerment Scale, developed by Elaine Salisbury Rogers and colleagues in 1997, is a 28-item self-report instrument assessing personal empowerment in individuals with serious mental illness. Empowerment reflects the individual's sense of agency, self-efficacy, and power to make meaningful life choices and participate in community. The scale captures three dimensions: self-efficacy/self-esteem, power/powerlessness, and community activism and autonomy. The Empowerment Scale is widely used in recovery-oriented mental health services to assess and monitor personal agency and control.