Factor structure and internal consistency of the idenity subscale of the erikson psychosocial stage inventory

Subject Areas : روان درمانگری

Zohreh Majdabadi ¹ , Valiollah Farzad ²

1 - PhD Payame-Noor University
2 - PhD Kharazmi University

Received: 2015-06-02 Accepted : 2015-06-02 Published : 2012-12-21

Keywords: personal identity, early adolescence, factor structure, internal consistency,

Abstract :

the aim of this study was to test the factor structure and internal consistency of the 12-item identity subscale of Erikson Psychosocial Stage Inventory (EPSI; Rosenthal, Gurney, & Moor, 1981). The sample consisted of 594 students (297 females, 297 males, age group 12-13). Exploratory factor analysis identified two factors accounting for 39.93% of the variance: Identity coherence (24.66%) and identity confusion (15.27%). Internal consistency of the identity coherence and identity confusion factors were 0.694 and 0.632, respectively. Confirmatory factor analysis results indicated that the two factor model fit the data better than one factor model.