Examination of the Identity Style Inventory With Racial/Ethnic Minority College Students: Revision of Factor Structure and Psychometrics

Abstract

The factor structure and psychometric properties of the Identity Style Inventory-5 were evaluated with 579 college students of color. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses suggested a modified four-factor model with 18 items. Configural, metric, and scalar invariance of the modified model was supported across three racial/ethnic minority groups.

Keywords:

• Identity
• identity style
• ISI-5
• ethnic identity
• students of color

Acknowledgments

Findings from this study were presented at the annual Convention of the American Psychological Association in August 2016. Gratitude is extended to the University of Maryland Counseling Center for the use of their data.

Disclosure Statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Notes on contributors

Young Hwa Kim

Young Hwa Kim, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Elementary Education at Seoul National University of Education in Seoul, Korea. She earned her PhD in counseling psychology at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Yu-Wei Wang

Yu-Wei Wang, PhD, is the research director, assistant director of the counseling center, and clinical associate professor at the University of Maryland, College Park. She received her PhD in counseling psychology from the University of Missouri.

Xu Li

Xu Li, PhD, is an assistant professor in counseling psychology in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. He obtained his PhD degree in counseling psychology at the University of Maryland, College Park.