Constructing and validating a new measure of ingroup identification.

Abstract

In this study we constructed a scale that measures centrality, social, communal, and interdependent identification, and investigated the distinction between these four different types of identification with social groups. The general aim was to examine the psychometric properties of the newly designed Centrality, Social, Communal, and Interdependent Identification Scale (CSCIIS) and to investigate whether differences in self-construal, relationship orientation, gender, and culture might predict each type of identification. The results provided initial support for the validity and the reliability of the CSCIIS, revealed cross-cultural differences in ingroup identification, and supported predictions regarding the correlations between particular types of relationships orientation and particular types of identification with social groups.