constructing and validating an identity reconstruction strategy questionnaire: interactive acculturation model in a non-immigrant iranian efl context

The present paper was an attempt to delve into the issue of adolescents’ identity reconstruction in a non-immigrant efl context. interactive acculturation model was used as the basis for a mixed method research to derive sociocultural identity reconstruction strategies adopted by iranian adolescent efl learners in their homeland. in the qualitative phase of the study, major identity challenging variables for the adolescent efl learners were identified and selected as domains and sub-domains in a compiled item pool with statements related to five identity reconstruction strategies of assimilation, integration, separation, marginalization, and individualism. then 75 items in 17 main domains were selected and put in a close-ended questionnaire which was then validated in the quantitative phase of the study through participation of 349 efl learners aged 13 to 21 years as the identity confusion stage of adolescence. factor analyses were performed on questionnaire validation and the result led to a final 24-items questionnaire with 4 main domains of lifestyle, eligibility of english language and performers, social customs and traditions, and perceptions of freedom, on which, iranian adolescent efl learners’ identity reconstruction strategies can be derived. the questionnaire can be used in interdisciplinary fields of research related to tefl, sociology, and sociocultural and identity-related studies to come up with the effect of sociocultural elements in identity (peirce)construction of efl learners.