工口影院

Citation

Jovanovic V, Adams S, Al Banna MH, Aritio-Solana R, Aryanto CB, Avsec A, Bakhshi A, Bender M, Berjot S, Betancourth Zambrona S, Brajsa-Zganec A, Broche-Perez Y, Buzea C, Cabello R & Roberts C (2025) Adolescent Self-Construal Across Cultures: Measurement Invariance of the Aspects of Identity Questionnaire-IV in 30 Countries. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 35 (2), Art. No.: e70017. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.70017

Abstract
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.

Keywords
adolescence; culture; identity; measurement invariance; self; self-construal

Notes
Additional authors: Valentina Carreca, Rosalinda Cassibba, Judith Cavazos-Arroyo, Fatemeh Daemi, Diego D. Díaz-Guerra, Marija D?ida, Mona Eidelsburger, Pablo Fernández-Berrocal, Evelyn Fernández-Castillo, Eduardo Fonseca-Pedrero, Tomasz Frackowiak, Teresa Freire, Vesna Gavrilov-Jerkovi?, Biljana Gjoneska, Jesús Guerrero-Alcedo, Jessie Hillekens, Stefan H?fer, Md. Humyon Kabir, Naved Iqbal, Szilvia Jámbori, Mohsen Joshanloo, Ljiljana Kaliterna Lipov?an, Tina Kav?i?, Marta Kowal, Marija Krstevska Taseva, Kwok Kit Tong, Milica Lazi?, Denisse Manrique-Millones, Michal Misiak, Pasquale Musso, Vojana Obradovi?, Javier Ortu?o Sierra, Ioana Orzea, Ahmet ?zaslan, Joonha Park, Marija Pa?i?, Rasa Pilkauskait? Valickien?, Rogelio Puente-Díaz, Lizbeth Puerta-Sierra, Gordana Ristevska Dimitrovska, Puji Tania Ronauli, Shazly Savahl, Danielius Serapinas, Sok Ian Kuan, Agnieszka Sorokowska, Piotr Sorokowski, Dijana Sulejmanovi?, Mst Sadia Sultana, Sze Man Yuen, Erzsébet Szél, Du?ana ?akan, Henri Tilga, Aleksandar Toma?evi?, Wenceslao Unanue, Jesús Unanue, Marieke van Egmond, Murat Y?ld?r?m, Gaja Zager Kocjan, Laura Zamarian, Marija Zotovi?-Kosti?