Not All Identity Style Items Refer to Identity

Does It Matter

Bibliographic Data

ID18970981
AuthorsGeorgios Vleioras (0000-0001-6076-5572, University of Crete, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume7
Issue3
Pages255-262
Publication date2007-07-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueIdentity (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1528-3488 • E-ISSN: 1532-706X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15283480709336933
OpenAlexW1964721335
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited10

Identity styles describe the ways in which adolescents approach identity issues. The Identity Style Inventory-3 (ISI-3) has been extensively used to measure these styles. Some of the items on the ISI-3 refer specifically to domains in which identity decisions are made whereas other items do not. This study reports findings regarding whether these two types of items yield different conclusions in terms of the identity style correlates. Three sets of correlates are considered: personality, psychological well-being, and commitment. A battery consisting of the Five Factor Personality Inventory, the Psychological Well-Being scales, and the ISI-3 was administered to 236 Hellene students. The results of a series of z-tests reveal that the two types of items are differentially correlated for the normative and the diffuse/avoidant identity styles. The conclusion is that this problem with the ISI may be ameliorated if all its items are made pertinent to identity issues

Big Five personality traits · Developmental psychology · Normative · Personality · Personality Assessment Inventory · Family Support in Illness · Identity, Memory, and Therapy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics

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