Temporally Associated Changes Following an Intercultural Empowerment Program among Asháninka and Non-Indigenous Female University Students in Peru’s Central Jungle

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https://doi.org/10.47606/ACVEN/PH0525

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empowerment;, intercultural education, cultural identity, self-esteem;, gender-based violence, university students

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Intercultural higher education requires interventions that integrate personal empowerment, cultural recognition, participation, and the prevention of gender-based violence. The objective was to examine temporal changes in self-esteem, cultural identity, and attitudes toward gender-based violence before and after an intercultural empowerment program for Asháninka and non-Indigenous female university students from the Central Jungle region of Peru. A quantitative, pre-experimental, single-group study was conducted with pretest and posttest measurements and no control group. Thirty-two students participated: 16 Asháninka and 16 non-Indigenous, who attended seven weekly three-hour workshops. The main analysis was performed using mixed models with time, group, and group × time interaction effects; multiplicity was controlled for by test families with Bonferroni correction. Self-esteem increased by 2.41 points, 95% CI [1.67, 3.14], adjusted p < .001; Cultural identity increased by 2.22 points, 95% CI [1.08, 3.36], adjusted p < .001; and attitudes justifying violence decreased by 2.81 points, 95% CI [-3.69, -1.94], adjusted p < .001. Group × time interactions were not significant after adjustment. Changes in self-esteem and cultural identity were positively correlated, r = .50, adjusted p = .010. The findings should be interpreted in accordance with the design and not as causal effects.

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2026-07-21

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Huanca Rojas , L. M. . ., Andres , A. . ., Castro Guzmán , M. . ., & Arias Soto , M. P. . . (2026). Temporally Associated Changes Following an Intercultural Empowerment Program among Asháninka and Non-Indigenous Female University Students in Peru’s Central Jungle. Prohominum, 8(3), 164–176. https://doi.org/10.47606/ACVEN/PH0525

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