Preliminary Development of Korean Adolescent Ego-identity Scale

Park, Ah-Chung; 박아청

Abstract

This study was designed to develop a multidimensional ego-identity scales, encompassing personal, social, and occupational aspects. For this purpose, the initial item pool was generated from both theoretical and empirical approaches and the scales used in Korea were analyzed into three types: identity status type, component factor type, and identity development type. The participants were 3,968 students in middle schools, high schools, and colleges in four cities in Korea: Seoul, Pusan, Taegu, and Kwangju. The scales used in this study were multidimensional scales of four tests for each of the types for ego-identity. The scales including 125 initial items consisted of the three types. The reliability and validity of each scale were tested by factor analysis and Cronbach alpha for each was found significant. The final version of the multidimensional ego-identity scale was composed of personal, social, occupational, and religious aspects; the initial pool items were narrowed down to eight factors (or identity domains), consisting of sixty-four items. The eight factors were: initiativeness, self-receptiveness, confirmativeness for future, goal orientedness, subjectivity, intimacy, identity-moratorium, and identity confusion. Finally, the present findings were discussed within the context of each item type, and implications for future studies were suggested.

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Korean Journal of Psychology: General

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Vol.15 No.1

Preliminary Development of Korean Adolescent Ego-identity Scale

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Korean Journal of Psychology: General