TY - JOUR
T1 - Brief report: The Utrecht-Management of Identity Commitments Scale (U-MICS): Gender and age measurement invariance and convergent validity of the Turkish version
AU - Morsunbul, Umit
AU - Crocetti, Elisabetta
AU - Cok, Figen
AU - Meeus, Wim
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - The purpose of this study was to evaluate the factor structure and convergent validity of the Turkish version of the Utrecht-Management of Identity Commitments Scale (U-MICS). Participants were 1201 (59.6% females) youth aged between 12 and 24 years (Mage=17.53 years, SDage=3.25). Results indicated that the three-factor model consisting of commitment, in-depth exploration, and reconsideration of commitment provided a very good fit to the data and applied equally well to boys and girls as well as to three age groups (early adolescents, middle adolescents, and emerging adults). Significant relations between identity processes and self-concept clarity, personality, internalizing and externalizing problem behaviors, and parental relationships supported convergent validity. Thus, the Turkish version of U-MICS is a reliable tool for assessing identity in Turkish-speaking respondents.
AB - The purpose of this study was to evaluate the factor structure and convergent validity of the Turkish version of the Utrecht-Management of Identity Commitments Scale (U-MICS). Participants were 1201 (59.6% females) youth aged between 12 and 24 years (Mage=17.53 years, SDage=3.25). Results indicated that the three-factor model consisting of commitment, in-depth exploration, and reconsideration of commitment provided a very good fit to the data and applied equally well to boys and girls as well as to three age groups (early adolescents, middle adolescents, and emerging adults). Significant relations between identity processes and self-concept clarity, personality, internalizing and externalizing problem behaviors, and parental relationships supported convergent validity. Thus, the Turkish version of U-MICS is a reliable tool for assessing identity in Turkish-speaking respondents.
KW - Adolescence
KW - Emerging adulthood
KW - Gender
KW - Identity
KW - Turkish validation
KW - U-MICS
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84902312967&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.adolescence.2014.05.008
DO - 10.1016/j.adolescence.2014.05.008
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84902312967
SN - 0140-1971
VL - 37
SP - 799
EP - 805
JO - Journal of Adolescence
JF - Journal of Adolescence
ER -
