Civic identity in emerging adulthood

Lep, Žan (author), Zupančič, Maja (author)

Civic identity refers to beliefs, emotions, and experiences of individuals regarding their membership in a particular community and the perceived opportunities for their civic participation. It represents one of the most important predictors of civic engagement, yet there is little empirical evidence on its development in diverse samples. To address this gap in the literature, we constructed the Civic Identity Status Scale (CISS) to measure four identity statuses proposed by Marcia. In this study, we tested psychometric properties of the newly developed scale and provided evidence for its score, structure, and criterion validity in Slovenia through the lens of contemporary views on validity by testing a series of structural equation models. A sample of 493 emerging adults (aged 18–29 years) participated in an online survey. We determined criterion validity evidence by correlations of the CISS scores with measures of civic behavior, perceived political interest, trust, and self-efficacy and established generalizability evidence by testing the measurement invariance of the CISS across different subsamples. The results suggest that the CISS is a valid and reliable measure. Therefore, we suggest and discuss possible future research directions.

• Language: English
• Keywords: identity, civic identity, civic engagement, community involvement, validity, identity statuses, emerging adults, emerging adulthood, Civic identity status scale CISS, metric characteristics, test validity, criterion validity
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Year: 2022
• Number of pages: Str. 1-10
• Numbering: Vol. , iss.
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-135713
• UDC: 159.9.072-053.81:316.621
• ISSN on article: 2151-2426
• DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000696
• COBISS.SI-ID: 102616067
• Publication date in RUL: 29.03.2022

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: European journal of psychological assessment
• Shortened title: Eur. j. psychol. assess.
• Publisher: Hogrefe
• ISSN: 2151-2426
• COBISS.SI-ID: 520168473

Licences

• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.
• Licensing start date: 14.03.2022

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: identiteta, državljanska aktivnost, družbena vključenost, prehod v odraslost, Lestvica položajev državljanske identitete LPDI, merske značilnosti, veljavnost testa, kriterijska veljavnost

Projects

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Project number: P5-0062
• Name: Uporabna razvojna psihologija