Construction and Validation of Institutional Identity Scale for University Students
The current study presents the validation process of a measure of institutional identity for university students. The research is composed of two studies. Study I consisted of the generation of an item pool based on the literature review, semi-structured interviews, and expert opinion, which were ad...
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| author | Zunaira Bilal Saba Ghayas Taram Naeem Sumaira Kayani Ruibo Xie Michele Biasutti |
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| description | The current study presents the validation process of a measure of institutional identity for university students. The research is composed of two studies. Study I consisted of the generation of an item pool based on the literature review, semi-structured interviews, and expert opinion, which were administered to a convenient sample of university students (<i>n</i> = 707; 300 males and 407 females) in Pakistan. Exploratory factor analysis yielded a two-factor structure with 20 items, and the factors were named commitment (α = 0.84) and crisis (α = 0.74). The two-factor solution was confirmed through confirmatory factor analysis, which revealed an excellent model fit with the two-factor structure. Study II reports on the convergent and divergent validity of the scale which was carried out on an independent sample (<i>n</i> = 120). Results provided evidence of convergent validity as depression correlated negatively with the commitment subscale and positively with the crisis subscale. Divergent validity was ensured by a non-significant correlation between the subscales of the newly developed scale and a measure of religious belief. Moreover, the implications and limitations of the study are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-afd51ca9401b4cd08ffb579ace5eb1d32023-11-22T07:14:09ZengMDPI AGChildren2227-90672021-07-018866510.3390/children8080665Construction and Validation of Institutional Identity Scale for University StudentsZunaira Bilal0Saba Ghayas1Taram Naeem2Sumaira Kayani3Ruibo Xie4Michele Biasutti5Department of Psychology, University of Sargodha, Sargodha 40100, PakistanDepartment of Psychology, University of Sargodha, Sargodha 40100, PakistanDepartment of Psychology, University of Sargodha, Sargodha 40100, PakistanDepartment of Psychology, College of Education, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, College of Education, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, ChinaDepartment of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology (FISPPA), University of Padova, 35139 Padova, ItalyThe current study presents the validation process of a measure of institutional identity for university students. The research is composed of two studies. Study I consisted of the generation of an item pool based on the literature review, semi-structured interviews, and expert opinion, which were administered to a convenient sample of university students (<i>n</i> = 707; 300 males and 407 females) in Pakistan. Exploratory factor analysis yielded a two-factor structure with 20 items, and the factors were named commitment (α = 0.84) and crisis (α = 0.74). The two-factor solution was confirmed through confirmatory factor analysis, which revealed an excellent model fit with the two-factor structure. Study II reports on the convergent and divergent validity of the scale which was carried out on an independent sample (<i>n</i> = 120). Results provided evidence of convergent validity as depression correlated negatively with the commitment subscale and positively with the crisis subscale. Divergent validity was ensured by a non-significant correlation between the subscales of the newly developed scale and a measure of religious belief. Moreover, the implications and limitations of the study are discussed.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/8/665institutional identitycommitmentcrisisvalidityreliability |
| spellingShingle | Zunaira Bilal Saba Ghayas Taram Naeem Sumaira Kayani Ruibo Xie Michele Biasutti Construction and Validation of Institutional Identity Scale for University Students Children institutional identity commitment crisis validity reliability |
| title | Construction and Validation of Institutional Identity Scale for University Students |
| title_full | Construction and Validation of Institutional Identity Scale for University Students |
| title_fullStr | Construction and Validation of Institutional Identity Scale for University Students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Construction and Validation of Institutional Identity Scale for University Students |
| title_short | Construction and Validation of Institutional Identity Scale for University Students |
| title_sort | construction and validation of institutional identity scale for university students |
| topic | institutional identity commitment crisis validity reliability |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/8/665 |
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