Table 2

Empowering capabilities and capacities

Michelle: “It would mean I feel confident going into a situation I knew I could succeed in.”
Nigel: “It’s really just the process of becoming stronger, more confident as time goes on.”
Sarah: “I would describe empowerment as the feeling as when you’re looking at yourself and you feel more confident, or you feel more happy about who you are as a person because of certain things that you accomplished.”
Isabel: “ [I associate empowerment with] teamwork and leadership and supporting others … Being brave and being a good role model in front of other people.”
Michelle: “Putting someone in a position of power over themselves or other people.”
Grace: “Someone or something that has the power to move other people in a positive direction. It has like a good impact on whatever subject you’re empowering.”
Avery: “Bravery. Women.”
Riley: “Strong, brave, powerful.”
Jaxson: “Bravery.”

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