20.500.12556/RUL-168812 Adolescent self-construal across cultures measurement invariance of the Aspects of Identity Questionnaire-IV in 30 countries Despite the critical role of culture in understanding adolescent self and identity, there is a lack of cross-culturally validated measures of adolescent self-construal. The present study evaluated cross-national measurement invariance of the Aspects of Identity Questionnaire-IV (AIQ-IV), assessing four dimensions of self-construal: personal, relational, public, and collective. The sample included 16,795 adolescents aged 14–19 years from 30 countries across four continents. The four-factor structure of the AIQ-IV obtained using exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) was supported in the vast majority of countries. Exact invariance testing using multi-group ESEM supported configural invariance, indicating that the overall structure of the AIQ-IV was similar across countries. Full scalar invariance was supported only on a subset of countries (i.e., when tests were conducted using European countries grouped by UN geographical regions). An alignment approach provided evidence for the approximate invariance of the ESEM model, with 15.6% of parameters showing noninvariance and allowing for comparison of latent means. The largest number of noninvariant parameters was evident in Asian countries, with items assessing collective-interdependent aspects of identity showing the most variation across countries. A comparison of mean levels of identity orientations across countries revealed that culture-level dimensions of collectivism–individualism do not translate simply into individual-level dimensions of self-construal. adolescents identity self self concept Aspects of Identity Questionnaire AIQ-IV measurement invariance cross-cultural studies adolescence culture self-construal mladostniki identiteta samopodoba merska invariantnost medkulturne študije true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2025-04-25 14:15:38 2025-04-25 14:15:47 2025-05-14 04:01:34 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 18 str. iss. 2, art. e70017 Vol. 35 2025 0000-00-00 PostprintKoncna Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2026-06-01 159.923.072-053.6 1532-7795 10.1111/jora.70017 233507843 _Zager_Kocjan_Adolescent_Self-Construal_Across_Cultures_AAM.pdf _Zager_Kocjan_Adolescent_Self-Construal_Across_Cultures_AAM.pdf 1 D7FE984B12EFFBA755D28B14F8383A7A 5ade85743e4965ace647ea5ab416629aff128d349419d6ed26f8ac57d7475461 d6158383-2fcf-11f0-b232-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=210287 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jora.70017 1 e13ada7e-21cd-11f0-b232-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=209772 Filozofska fakulteta Zdravstvena fakulteta 0 0 0