Adults' Identity in Acculturation Settings: The Multigroup Ethnic & National Identity Measure (MENI)

Abstract: European societies are facing great challenges not only in successfully integrating large numbers of culturally, linguistically, and religiously diverse immigrants structurally (e.g. into schools or the labor market), but also in fostering the construction of new identities and preserving social cohesion. In this context, it is crucial to understand the commitment people feel to a cultural environment and the way in which such commitment develops, particularly in new cultural settings. However, there is a lack of research on identity development among adult immigrants and natives and a lack of suitable measurement instruments. To address this, we adapted the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure–Revised (MEIM-R) for application to immigrant and native adult populations and extended it to measure also national identity. Our aim in the present study was to test the psychometric properties of this new Multigroup Ethnic & National Identity Measure (MENI) in a representative sample (N = 34

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Postprint ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; In: Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research ; 19 (2019) 4 ; 245-257

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (who): SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
• (when): 2019
• Creator: Maehler, Débora B. ; Zabal, Anouk ; Hanke, Katja

Further information

• DOI: 10.1080/15283488.2019.1641408
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-70593-0
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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