Factor Structure of the Vocational Identity Status Assessment (VISA) in University, Liberal Arts, and Community College Students
Factor Structure of the Vocational Identity Status Assessment (VISA) in University, Liberal Arts, and Community College Students
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DOI：
10.1177/1069072720975278
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发表时间：
2020-12-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Thornton, Emily M.
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作者：
Weigold, Arne;Weigold, Ingrid K.;Thornton, Emily M.
职业认同状态评估（VISA）衡量青少年和新兴成人的职业认同发展。虽然最初的六因素结构已被证实，但尚未有研究评估其他合理的因素结构。此外，美国一些主要类型的高等教育机构以前没有对签证进行过审查。目前的研究评估了三名大学生样本中VISA的五种潜在因素结构：857名来自大型公立大学，196名来自小型，私立，少数族裔占多数的文理学院，320名来自社区学院。六因子结构是检验的最合适的模型，并显示出严格水平的多组不变性的证据。样本间的潜在均值差异显著，职业认同状态的频次差异也显著。这些发现对VISA的适当建模及其在不同大学生样本中的使用具有启示意义。
The Vocational Identity Status Assessment (VISA) measures vocational identity development in adolescents and emerging adults. Although the initial six-factor structure has been confirmed, there have not yet been studies assessing other plausible factor structures. Additionally, the VISA has not previously been examined in some major types of institutions of higher education in the United States. The current study assessed five potential factor structures for the VISA in three college student samples: 857 from a large public university, 196 from a small, private, minority-majority liberal arts college, and 320 from a community college. The six-factor structure was the best-fitting model of the ones examined and showed evidence of multigroup invariance up to the strict level. There were notable latent mean differences across samples, as well as frequency differences for vocational identity statuses. These findings have implications for the appropriate modeling of the VISA and its use within diverse college student samples.