title: Short forms of the Utrecht-Management of Identity Commitments Scale (U-MICS) with the domains of job, romantic relationship, and region.
abstract: The U-MICS is a self-report questionnaire designed to assess the identity dimensions from a domain-specific perspective. The present study reports on the development of a short-form version for the domains of job and romantic relationship in young adults from Germany and extends this scale to include the domain of region (nSample1= 95, 84% female, mean age 22.45 years; nSample2= 1,795, 71% female, mean age 24.53 years). We found the short form to possess adequate psychometric properties and to demonstrate a factor structure congruent to the long-form version. Regarding validity, the small correlations across domains within dimensions support a domain-specific approach to identity. The associations between the different identity domains with personality traits are similar, indicating a consistent pattern of convergent validity for all domains. We conclude that "region" provides a valuable complement to the established domains that can all be reliably assessed with the U-MICS-Short Form.
authors.affiliation: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany. Electronic address: elisabeth.schubach@uni-jena.de.
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schubach
authors.affiliation: FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany; Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zimmermann
authors.affiliation: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Noack
authors.affiliation: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: Franz J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Neyer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: German validation; Identity; Regional identity development; Short form; Three-dimensional model; U-MICS; Young adulthood