Construction and Validation of Institutional Identity Scale for University Students

Abstract

The current study presents the validation process of a measure of institutional identity for university students. The research is composed of two studies. Study I consisted of the generation of an item pool based on the literature review, semi-structured interviews, and expert opinion, which were administered to a convenient sample of university students (n = 707; 300 males and 407 females) in Pakistan. Exploratory factor analysis yielded a two-factor structure with 20 items, and the factors were named commitment (α = 0.84) and crisis (α = 0.74). The two-factor solution was confirmed through confirmatory factor analysis, which revealed an excellent model fit with the two-factor structure. Study II reports on the convergent and divergent validity of the scale which was carried out on an independent sample (n = 120). Results provided evidence of convergent validity as depression correlated negatively with the commitment subscale and positively with the crisis subscale. Divergent validity was ensured by a non-significant correlation between the subscales of the newly developed scale and a measure of religious belief. Moreover, the implications and limitations of the study are discussed.

Identificación institucional y calidad docente en una universidad privada del Perú

“…Se considera, además que la identificación institucional supone un fenómeno en la actualidad, que ha sido desarrollado por los mismos miembros a través de sus relaciones mutuas para crear el tan ansiado sentido de pertinencia a su universidad o unidad laboral (Bilal et al, 2021).…”

Institutional Identity of Adolescents: a Thematic Analysis

“…Whether in high school, college or university, students have a crucial influence on society (Pancer, et al, 2005). Institution can play important role in the lives of student and facilitates them to exhibit their actual potential (Bilal et al, 2021) so, a sense of belongingness and relatedness with institution is important for a student which is called institutional identity.…”