“…(p. 22) In the framework of the same project, the initial set of personal and community empowerment indicators (Soler et al, 2014) were adapted specifically for youth empowerment (Planas et al, 2016a;Planas-Lladó & Úcar, 2022). Once adapted, a validation process was initiated in three phases: an academic validation through a literature review (Úcar et al, 2016a), a validation by experts in the field of youth work, and a validation of practice with young people (Llena-Berñe et al, 2017;Úcar et al, 2016b). The result of this validation is a set of nine dimensions and 27 indicators of youth empowerment (Planas et al, 2016a;Soler-Masó, 2020;Planas-Lladó & Úcar, 2022).…”