title: Brief report: the Utrecht-Management of Identity Commitments Scale (U-MICS): gender and age measurement invariance and convergent validity of the Turkish version.
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, SD(age) = 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.
authors.affiliation: Aksaray University, Faculty of Education, Aksaray, Turkey. Electronic address: umitmorsunbul@asu.edu.tr.
authors.forename: Umit
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Morsunbul
authors.affiliation: Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Elisabetta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Crocetti
authors.affiliation: TED University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Figen
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cok
authors.affiliation: Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Tilburg University, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Wim
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Meeus
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012649:Self Concept; D012737:Sex Factors; D014421:Turkey; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Adolescence; Emerging adulthood; Gender; Identity; Turkish validation; U-MICS