Development and Validation of the Awareness of Narrative Identity Questionnaire (ANIQ)
Autor: | David J. Hallford, David Mellor |
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Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Male Adolescent Psychometrics Memory Episodic 050109 social psychology Narrative identity Personality Assessment 050105 experimental psychology Developmental psychology Young Adult Surveys and Questionnaires Criterion validity Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Narrative Applied Psychology Aged Aged 80 and over 05 social sciences Construct validity Awareness Middle Aged Exploratory factor analysis Confirmatory factor analysis Narrative therapy Clinical Psychology Female Narrative Therapy Self Report Personality Assessment Inventory Psychology Factor Analysis Statistical Social psychology |
Popis: | The utility of a narrative approach to identity and its role in psychological functioning are becoming increasingly recognized across various fields of inquiry. The current study aimed to develop a quantitative, self-report measure of the awareness of narrative identity and how globally coherent one’s autobiographical memories are perceived to be, specifically, in terms of temporal ordering, causal associations, and the perception of unifying themes. The construct validity and reliability of the Awareness of Narrative Identity Questionnaire (ANIQ) were assessed across three studies. In the first study, exploratory factor analysis of the responses of a large sample ( N = 441, M [age in years] = 33.1, SD = 15.2) to an initial item pool resulted in a 20-item four-factor structure congruent with the proposed subscales, and convergent and divergent validity were established. In the second study, and with a different sample ( N = 320, M [age in years] = 26.2, SD = 4.0), further evidence for the factor structure was provided through confirmatory factor analysis. Validity findings from Study 1 were replicated and extended on, and test–retest reliabilities were found to be high ( r = .72-.79). Importantly, in the third study ( N = 71, M [age in years] = 24.9, SD = 6.9), criterion validity was established, whereby the ANIQ subscales were demonstrated to be associated with dimensions of narrative coherence coded from written turning-point narratives. Across all studies, the internal reliabilities for the subscales were high (α = .86-.96). The ANIQ represents a valid, psychometrically sound, and novel method of assessing the awareness of narrative identity and autobiographical memory coherence. |
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