National and Gender Measurement Invariance of the Utrecht-Management of Identity Commitments Scale (U-MICS) A 10-Nation Study With University Students

• Published in: Assessment (Odessa, Fla.) Vol. 22; no. 6; pp. 753 - 768
• Main Authors: Crocetti, Elisabetta, Cieciuch, Jan, Gao, Cheng-Hai, Klimstra, Theo, Lin, Ching-Ling, Matos, Paula Mena, Morsünbül, Ümit, Negru, Oana, Sugimura, Kazumi, Zimmermann, Grégoire, Meeus, Wim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.12.2015
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Female; Humans; Internationality; Male; Personality Inventory; Psychometrics; Self Concept; Sex Factors; Students; Universities; Young Adult; Middle East; gender; measurement invariance; Asia; identity; Europe; U-MICS; cross-national

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...