The Development of an Instrument to Measure Engineering Identity

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Abstract

The study developed a new Engineering Identity Scale based on Godwin’s Model of Engineering Identity, Self-Directed Search (SDS), and the NEO Personality Inventory. Participants were 124 college students who were recruited from Manhattan College in New York. The inclusion criteria included students who were 18 years of age or older and English speakers. They were asked to complete an online survey, including the sociodemographic questionnaire and Engineering Identity Scale. An exploratory factor analysis of 65 items was conducted to reduce the data to 38 items, and they accounted for 72.32% of the variance. A confirmatory factor analysis was performed to verify that the developed measures of 22 items extracted a significant portion of the average variance in the latent constructs.

Authors

• Yifan Wang, Fordham University

• Yi Ding, Fordham University

• Qian Wang, Manhattan College

• Alesia Mickle Moldavan, Georgia Southern University