title: Brief report: The Identity Style Inventory (ISI-3) and the Utrecht-Management of Identity Commitments Scale (U-MICS): factor structure, reliability, and convergent validity in French-speaking university students.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the factor structure and the reliability of the French versions of the Identity Style Inventory (ISI-3) and the Utrecht-Management of Identity Commitments Scale (U-MICS) in a sample of college students (N = 457, 18-25 years old). Confirmatory factor analyses confirmed the hypothesized three-factor solution of the ISI-3 identity styles (i.e. informational, normative, and diffuse-avoidant styles), the one-factor solution of the ISI-3 identity commitment, and the three-factor structure of the U-MICS (i.e. commitment, in-depth exploration, and reconsideration of commitment). Additionally, theoretically consistent and meaningful associations among the ISI-3, U-MICS, and Ego Identity Process Questionnaire (EIPQ) confirmed convergent validity. Overall, the results of the present study indicate that the French versions of the ISI-3 and UMICS are useful instruments for assessing identity styles and processes, and provide additional support to the cross-cultural validity of these tools.
authors.affiliation: LabDCI, Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, Bâtiment Antropole, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. Gregoire.Zimmermann@unil.ch
authors.forename: Grégoire
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zimmermann
authors.forename: Elodie Biermann
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Mahaim
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mantzouranis
authors.forename: Philippe A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Genoud
authors.forename: Elisabetta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Crocetti
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000592:standards*; D011581:Psychological Tests; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012649:Self Concept; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult