The Effectiveness of a Program Based on Psychosocial Support in Raising the Level of Family Empowerment among Refugees in Jordan

Abstract

The study aimed to examine the effectiveness of a program based on psychosocial support in raising the level of family empowerment among refugees in Jordan. The study sample consisted of (32) refugees in Irbid governorate who were randomly assigned to two equal groups: the experimental group (n = 16), who participated in the psychosocial support program, and the control group (n = 16), who did not participate in any intervention program. To achieve the study's objectives, the Family Empowerment Scale was developed to collect study data in the pre and posttests for the two study groups and the follow-up test with members of the experimental group only and the psychosocial support program. The results of the study showed that there were statistically significant differences between the experimental and control groups in the mean scores on the family empowerment scale in the posttest in favor of the experimental group, and there were no statistically significant differences between the means of the post and follow-up measures in the family empowerment scale, which reflects the reliability of the program’s impact.