| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Description | The Dignan Ego Identity Scale (Dignan, 1963) is a 50-item personality inventory designed to assess components of ego identity, including Sense of Self, Uniqueness, Self-Acceptance, Role Expectations, Stability, Goal-Directedness, and Interpersonal Relations. Items were selected based on Erikson’s (1947, 1955) theories and other discussions on ego identity. |
| Author | Sister Mary Howard Dignan |
| Purpose | To measure the successful or unsuccessful resolution of the identity crisis (identity versus role confusion). |
| Construct | Ego Identity |
| Instrument Type | Rating Scale |
| Format | Paper-based; 50 items |
| Test Items Available | No (Contact the publisher or author for item details) |
| Reliability | – Internal Consistency: Odd-even correlation corrected by Spearman-Brown formula was .74 for freshmen and .64 for sophomores.- Test-Retest Reliability: 1-week test-retest coefficients were .72 for 83 freshmen and .78 for 96 sophomores. |
| Validity | – Construct Validity: Ego identity scores correlated with self-ratings on the Rating Scale for Identity Traits, with coefficients of .34 for freshmen and .60 for sophomores, both significant at the .01 level.- Content Validity: Evaluated and selected by judges from a pool of 163 items. |
| Factor Analysis | Not indicated |
| Test Year | 1963 |
| Age Group | Adolescence (13-17 years); Adulthood (18 years and older); Young Adulthood (18-29 years) |
| Population Group | Humans; College Freshmen; College Sophomores |
| Population Details | Age Range: 17-20 years; Location: United States |
| Keywords | Construct Validity; Content Validity; Dignan Ego Identity Scale; Internal Consistency; Test-Retest Reliability |
| Reference | Dignan, S. M. H. (1963). Dignan Ego Identity Scale. United States. |
Cite this article
Mohammed looti (2026). Dignan Ego Identity Scale. PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Retrieved from https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/dignan-ego-identity-scale/
Mohammed looti. "Dignan Ego Identity Scale." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 4 Apr. 2026, https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/dignan-ego-identity-scale/.
Mohammed looti. "Dignan Ego Identity Scale." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 2026. https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/dignan-ego-identity-scale/.
Mohammed looti (2026) 'Dignan Ego Identity Scale', PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Available at: https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/dignan-ego-identity-scale/.
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