Self-Concept and Identity Measure
Measures three dimensions of identity functioning: consolidated identity, disturbed identity, and lack of identity.
Please indicate how much you agree or disagree with each statement.
1. I know what I believe or value.
2. When someone describes me, I know if they are right or wrong.
3. When I look at my childhood pictures I feel like there is a thread connecting my past to now.
4. Sometimes I pick another person and try to be just like them, even when I'm alone.
5. I know who I am.
6. I change a lot depending on the situation.
7. I have never really known what I believe or value.
8. I feel like a puzzle and the pieces don't fit together.
9. I am good.
10. I imitate other people instead of being myself.
11. I have been interested in the same types of things for a long time.
12. I am so different with different people that I'm not sure which is the "real me".
13. I am broken.
14. When I remember my childhood I feel connected to my younger self.
15. I feel lost when I think about who I am.
16. At least one person sees me for who I really am.
17. I always have a good sense about what is important to me.
18. I am so similar to certain people that sometimes I feel like we are the same person.
19. I am basically the same person that I've always been.
20. I feel empty inside, like a person without a soul.
21. My opinions can shift quickly from one extreme to another.
22. I no longer know who I am.
23. I am more capable when I am with others than when I am by myself.
24. No one knows who I really am.
25. I try to act the same as the people I'm with (interests, music, dress) and I change that all the time.
26. I am only complete when I am with other people.
27. The things that are most important to me change pretty often.