Effects of an Empowerment Program on Promoting Self-reliance Among Low-income Welfare Recipients in Korea: A Repeated-measures Design

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PURPOSE: This study examined the effectiveness of an empowerment program based on reality therapy in helping low-income welfare recipients become self-reliant. METHODS: test, or Fisher's exact test, and generalized estimating equations (GEE). RESULTS: GEE revealed significant group × time interaction effects on self-sufficiency motivation, self-esteem, and empowerment, after adjusting the baseline scores for the three outcome variables. CONCLUSION: The developed empowerment program significantly improved self-sufficiency motivation, self-esteem, and empowerment among welfare recipients who accessed self-sufficiency services at local self-sufficiency centers. This study provides direction for the development of psychosocial empowerment programs to help welfare recipients become self-reliant. Future research should focus on the long-term effects of this empowerment program. TRIAL REGISTRATION: This study was retrospectively registered with the Clinical Research Information Service of Korea (https://cris.nih.go.kr) under the registration number KCT0009782 on September 10, 2024.