Brief report: The Utrecht-Management of Identity Commitments Scale (U-MICS): Gender and age measurement invariance and convergent validity of the Turkish version

MORSÜNBÜL Ü., Crocetti E., Cok F., Meeus W.

JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENCE, vol.37, no.6, pp.799-805, 2014 (SSCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 37 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2014.05.008
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENCE
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.799-805
  • Keywords: Identity, U-MICS, Turkish validation, Gender, Adolescence, Emerging adulthood, LATE ADOLESCENCE, VALIDATION, INVENTORY, STABILITY, MODEL
  • TED University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

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 (M-age = 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. (C) 2014 The Foundation for Professionals in Services for Adolescents. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.