Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure: factorial structrure in Ukrainian immigrants in western Europe

The objective of this study is to evaluate the factorial structure of the Mjultigroup Ethnic Identity Measure on Ukrainians immigrants in two countries of Occidental Europe. The factorial structure was put to test with a confirmatory factorial analysis and with the factorial invariance between the samples of both countries. The results indicate that the two- dimensional structure has a better adjustment than the one-dimensional, two dimensions have a good internal consistency and they are directly correlated. The factorial invariance between both countries has also been proved. It is concluded that the measure presents a two-dimension structure and suggestions for future investigations are proposed. El objetivo del presente estudio es evaluar la estructura factorial de la Medida de Identidad Étnica Multigrupo en inmigrantes ucranianos en dos países de Europa occidental. La estructura factorial fue puesta a prueba con un análisis factorial confirmatorio y con la invarianza factorial entre la muestra de ambos países. Los resultados indican que la estructura bidimensional tiene un mejor ajuste que la estructura unidimensional, las dos dimensiones tienen una buena consistencia interna y están directamente correlacionados. También se ha demostrado la invarianza factorial entre ambos países. Se concluye que la medida presenta una estructura factorial bidimensional y se realizan sugerencias para futuras investigaciones.