Purpose of Measure: To assess the extent to which participants identify with their mentor.
Lay-Person Terms: N/A
Measure:
Please answer the following questions about how much you identify with your mentor as a role model on a scale from 1 (Strongly Disagree) to 7 (Strongly Agree)
| 1. Strongly disagree | 2. Disagree | 3. Somewhat disagree | 4. Neither agree nor disagree | 5. Somewhat agree | 6. Agree | 7. Strongly agree | |
| 1. I identify with the life and accomplishments of my mentor. | |||||||
| 2. I identify with the life of my mentor. | |||||||
| 3. I identify with the accomplishments of my mentor. | |||||||
| 4. I admire my mentor. |
Type of Validity: Cronbach's Alpha = 0.7, average inter-item correlation = 0.37
Citation of Publication: Hoyt CL, Burnette JL, Innella AN. I Can Do That: The Impact of Implicit Theories on Leadership Role Model Effectiveness. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 2012;38(2):257-268. doi:10.1177/014616721142792
Instructions to analyze and interpret: Adapted from citation for Mentorship. Four-item scale with Likert-type response of (1 = Strongly disagree, 2 = Disagree, 3 = Somewhat Disagree, 4 = Neither Agree nor Disagree, 5 = Somewhat Agree, 6 = Agree, 7 = Strongly Agree) Collect and report data for items individually or as an arithmetic average (mean scale score; would require revalidation).
Other citations: N/A