ABSTRACT

Although theory and research have discussed identity insecurity as a factor that influences intercultural communication behaviors, no reliable measure has been presented to capture this construct. This paper reports results from three studies designed to test and validate a new measure of identity insecurity. Study 1 (N = 173) included item generation and exploratory factor analysis, revealing five unidimensional identity insecurity factors, termed individual identity insecurity, public presentation insecurity, dissimilar others insecurity, reactive insecurity, and social identity insecurity. Study 2 (N = 524) confirmed this five-factor structure. Study 3 (N = 807) further examined the structure and construct validity of the identity insecurity scale. Results confirmed the five-factor solution obtained in Study 2 and revealed the measure had good construct, convergent, and discriminant validity. Thus, we conclude that the proposed new measure for identity insecurity has a clear factor structure, strong factor loadings, and good reliability and validity.

摘要

尽管理论和研究已经将身份不安全感作为影响跨文化交际行为的一个因素进行了讨论，但尚未提出可靠的衡量标准来捕捉这一结构。本文报告了三项研究的结果，这些研究旨在测试和验证一种新的身份不安全措施。研究 1 ( N = 173) 包括项目生成和探索性因素分析，揭示了五个单维身份不安全因素，称为个人身份不安全、公开展示不安全、异类他人不安全、反应性不安全和社会身份不安全。研究 2 ( N = 524) 证实了这个五因素结构。研究 3 ( N= 807) 进一步检查了身份不安全量表的结构和构造有效性。结果证实了研究 2 中获得的五因素解决方案，并表明该措施具有良好的结构、收敛和区分效度。因此，我们得出结论，所提出的身份不安全感新度量具有清晰的因子结构、强大的因子载荷以及良好的信度和效度。