Relationships Between Identity and Well-Being in Italian, Polish, and Romanian Emerging Adults

Karaś, Dominika; Cieciuch, Jan; Negru, Oana; Crocetti, Elisabetta

doi:10.1007/s11205-014-0668-9

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“…If researchers are interested in comparing construct variances and covariances or path coefficients across groups, only establishment of configural and metric invariance is required because the estimation of construct variances and covariances and path coefficients does not involve item means and intercepts (Cheung, 2008). Thus, the current results suggest that the U-MICS can be employed in cross-national studies aimed at comparing how identity processes are interrelated to other relevant correlates (e.g., Karaś et al, 2014).…”

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National and Gender Measurement Invariance of the Utrecht-Management of Identity Commitments Scale (U-MICS)

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The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Utrecht-Management of Identity Commitments Scale (U-MICS), a self-report measure aimed at assessing identity processes of commitment, in-depth exploration, and reconsideration of commitment. We tested its factor structure in university students from a large array of cultural contexts, including 10 nations located in Europe (i.e., Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, and Switzerland), Middle East (i.e., Turkey), and Asia (i.e., China, Japan, and Taiwan). Furthermore, we tested national and gender measurement invariance. Participants were 6,118 (63.2% females) university students aged from 18 to 25 years (Mage = 20.91 years). Results indicated that the three-factor structure of the U-MICS fitted well in the total sample, in each national group, and in gender groups. Furthermore, national and gender measurement invariance were established. Thus, the U-MICS can be fruitfully applied to study identity in university students from various Western and non-Western contexts.

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“…Identity aspects are generally argued to be positively associated with psychological well-being (Fagermoen, 1997;Karas et al, 2014), and therefore important for recruitment, selection, work motivation, and work engagement. Due to globalization, migration of workers across countries increases, the working environments have and will become increasingly more diverse, which makes work identity an important issue not only for human resource professionals, but also for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and policy-makers.…”

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“…When applied to the domain of work, the U-MICS generated mixed results. While the study by Karas et al (2014) found support for the threefactor structure across three samples of emerging adults (Italian, Polish, and Romanian), the study by Magerman (2014), involving Black, Coloured, and White South African employees, found that in-depth exploration and commitment merged into a single subscale which was distinct from reconsideration of identity commitment. A possible explanation might be that in-depth exploration has little relevance for adults already working, and that rather their reconsideration of alternatives may be more important at this stage.…”

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Measurement Invariance of the Tilburg Work Identity Scale for Commitment and Reconsideration of Commitment (TWIS-CRC) in Romania, England, the Netherlands, and South Africa

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Work plays a central role in people's lives and their self-concepts. It was our objective in this article to a) explore the factor structure of a newly-developed measure of work identity, the Tilburg Work Identity Scale of Commitment and Reconsideration of Commitment (TWIS-CRC) in a Romanian employee sample, and b) examine whether the measure is invariant at configural, metric, and scalar levels across Romanian, English, Dutch, and South African (Black and White) employees. The theoretically assumed two-factor structure was supported through exploratory factor analysis (EFA) in the first study, with one item (item 10) loading moderately on both subscales. We found similar results in the preliminary EFA, confirming the removal of item 10. The Multigroup Confirmatory Factor Analysis indicated that the measure was fully invariant at the configural level and partially invariant at the metric level across the employee samples. However, no scalar invariance was found. This indicates that the TWIS-CRC as a construct is similar across groups, as are the factor loadings, whereas item intercepts are not. Across employee samples, it is therefore possible to establish how work identity as measured by the TWIS-CRC correlates with other measures such as work engagement and burnout, while we are unable to compare means across groups due to a lack of scalar invariance. Work Identity as measured by the TWIS-CRC is useful for researchers and organizational practitioners who aim to understand the importance of work identity for work motivation and engagement.

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“…Seiring dengan perkembangan model pembentukan identitas, penelitian tentang pembentukan identitas juga berkembang di berbagai negara di dunia (Schwartz, Zamboanga, Meca, & Ritchie, 2012). Secara khusus, U-MICS telah divalidasi dan digunakan di berbagai negara (Crocetti dkk., 2015;Dimitrova dkk., 2016;Karaś, Cieciuch, Negru, & Crocetti, 2014;Morsünbül, Crocetti, Cok, & Meeus, 2014). Di Indonesia, Muttaqin dan Ekowarni (2016) pernah memvalidasi dan menggunakan U-MICS untuk memahami pembentukan identitas remaja di Yogyakarta.…”

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Validitas Utrecht-Management Of Identity Commitments Scale (U-MICS) Versi Indonesia: Struktur Faktor, Invariansi Pengukuran Gender, dan Usia

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2017

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Abstract. The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of Indonesian version of the U-MICS, a measure three identity dimensions. Participants were 910 adolescents (12-21 years old). The Confirmatory Factor Analyses and Multi-Group Analyses were used to examine the factor structure, gender, and age measurement invariance of Indonesian version of the U-MICS. We further tested the gender and age differences using Multivariate Analysis of Variance. The results indicated that the factor structure of Indonesia version of the U-MICS with a solution three factors was very fit with data and there were measurement invariance across gender and age groups. Gender and age differences on identity dimensions were also found. The results suggest that Indonesian version of the U-MICS was a measurement tool that has consistency of structure factors when used to measure the identity dimensions in Indonesian adolescents.

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Relationships Between Identity and Well-Being in Italian, Polish, and Romanian Emerging Adults

Cited by 77 publications

References 49 publications

National and Gender Measurement Invariance of the Utrecht-Management of Identity Commitments Scale (U-MICS)

National and Gender Measurement Invariance of the Utrecht-Management of Identity Commitments Scale (U-MICS)

Measurement Invariance of the Tilburg Work Identity Scale for Commitment and Reconsideration of Commitment (TWIS-CRC) in Romania, England, the Netherlands, and South Africa

Validitas Utrecht-Management Of Identity Commitments Scale (U-MICS) Versi Indonesia: Struktur Faktor, Invariansi Pengukuran Gender, dan Usia

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