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Title: | Evaluating the psychometric properties of the multigroup ethnic identity measure (MEIM) within the United Kingdom |
Authors: | Gaines, SO Bunce, D Robertson, T Wright, B |
Keywords: | Ethnic identity;Ego psychology;Identity status;MEIM;United Kingdom |
Issue Date: | 2010 |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Citation: | Identity. 10(1): 1-19 |
Abstract: | In the present study, we examined the psychometric properties of the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM) (Phinney, 1992; Phinney & Alipuria, 1990) among an ethnically diverse sample within the United Kingdom. In initial analyses, we evaluated the goodness-of-fit of a one-factor model (i.e., global ethnic identity) and the goodness-of-fit of a two-factor model (i.e., correlated but distinct Exploration and Commitment components). Results of initial confirmatory factor analyses led us to reject both the one-factor and two-factor models. Results of subsequent exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses revealed a three-factor structure (i.e., correlated but distinct Behavioral, Cognitive, and Affective components of ethnic identity) among the sample as a whole (n = 234) and among Asian Indian persons (n = 88) in particular, though resulst were mixed among White U.K./Irish persons (n = 54) in particular. Implications for the study of ethnicity-related concepts in the incerasibgly multi-cultural U.K. are discussed. |
URI: | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/4264 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15283481003676176 |
ISSN: | 1528-3488 |
Appears in Collections: | Psychology Dept of Life Sciences Research Papers |
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