Reliability generalization of the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure-Revised (MEIM-R).

Abstract

[Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported in Vol 63(5) of (see record 2016-33161-001). The name of author Erika Feinauer was misspelled as Erika Feinhauer. All versions of this article have been corrected.] Individuals' strength of ethnic identity has been linked with multiple positive indicators, including academic achievement and overall psychological well-being. The measure researchers use most often to assess ethnic identity, the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM), underwent substantial revision in 2007. To inform scholars investigating ethnic identity, we performed a reliability generalization analysis on data from the revised version (MEIM-R) and compared it with data from the original MEIM. Random-effects weighted models evaluated internal consistency coefficients (Cronbach's alpha). Reliability coefficients for the MEIM-R averaged α = .88 across 37 samples, a statistically significant increase over the average of α = .84 for the MEIM across 75 studies. Reliability coefficients for the MEIM-R did not differ across study and participant characteristics such as sample gender and ethnic composition. However, consistently lower reliability coefficients averaging α = .81 were found among participants with low levels of education, suggesting that greater attention to data reliability is warranted when evaluating the ethnic identity of individuals such as middle-school students. Future research will be needed to ascertain whether data with other measures of aspects of personal identity (e.g., racial identity, gender identity) also differ as a function of participant level of education and associated cognitive or maturation processes. (PsycINFO Database Record

Integration or Separation? Addressing Religious and Spiritual Issues in Multicultural Counseling: A National Survey of College Counselors

“…Multicultural sensitivity and commitment . The third section of the survey consisted of the Multicultural Commitment Scale (MCS), which we developed ourselves, having previous experience with scale development and with measurement evaluation in multicultural counseling (e.g., Dunn, Smith, & Montoya, ; Herrington, Smith, Feinauer, & Griner, ). Participants responded to nine items on a 5‐point scale (1 = not at all true of me , 5 = totally true of me ).…”

Peer Review #1 of "Psychometric properties of the Multi-group Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM) in a sample of Iranian young adults (v0.1)"

“…Thus, arriving to the version of the MEIM used in the present study; which consists of 12 items and two factors, namely exploration and commitment. More specifically, of the 12 remaining items, five items represent exploration and seven items represent commitment (Herrington et al, 2016) 1 .…”

“…Phinney (2000) defines identity as a multidimensional and ever-changing sense of the self in relation to an ethnic group, which is in fact a subgroup within a larger context including culture, race, religion, language, kinship and or place of origin. This sense of the self is not fixed and can change over time and/or different situations (Herrington, Smith, Feinauer, & Griner, 2016). Phinney (1992) holds that with the facilitation of parents and society, youngsters belonging to different ethnic groups have the possibility to develop ethnic identity and that this development is positively related with psychological competence.…”

Peer Review #3 of "Psychometric properties of the Multi-group Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM) in a sample of Iranian young adults (v0.1)"

“…On the other hand, individuals with a poorly developed ethnic identity pay little attention to their group members, make negative evaluations of the group to which they belong, do not have a good feeling about being members of the group and do not perform customary commitments to the group (Phinney, 1991). Consequentially, ethnic identity and subjective well-being have been found to have a positive relationship in different ethnic populations (Herrington et al, 2016;Syed et al, 2013;Smith & Silva, 2011;Krieger, 2010;Iwamoto & Liu, 2010;Umana-Taylor, 2004).…”