TY - JOUR ID - 11034 TI - Development and Validation of an Authorial Identity Model and Questionnaire: A Factor Analytic Approach JO - Issues in Language Teaching JA - ILT LA - en SN - 2322-3715 AU - Jamshidi, Saman AU - Rezaei, Saeed AU - Hassanzadeh, Mohammad AU - Dehqan, Mahmood AD - Languages & Linguistics Center, Sharif University of Technology AD - Department of English Language and Literature, Vali-e-Asr University of Rafsanjan, Iran AD - University of Mazandaran Y1 - 2019 PY - 2019 VL - 8 IS - 2 SP - 243 EP - 273 KW - academic writing KW - authorial identity KW - questionnaire DO - 10.22054/ilt.2020.50500.473 N2 - From when the black box of authorial identity has been unpacked, the paucity of authorial identity model on the basis of a comprehensive theoretical framework addressed the need to establish a robust one (Cheung, Stupple, & Elander, 2015). The current study was comprised of three main phases including hypothesizing a model of authorial identity, developing and validating a questionnaire based on the model and finally testing the model based on the questionnaire data. The participants, including M.A. and PhD students, were 30 for initial piloting, 60 for reliability estimation, 140 for exploratory factor analysis, and 175 for confirmatory factor analysis. At first, drawing on Ivanič’s (1998) model of writer identity and Prior’s (2001) ways of classifying voice, reviewing the related literature, and consulting with a cadre of experts, a model of authorial identity was proposed. Secondly, a questionnaire was developed and validated based on the hypothesized model. The reliability of the questionnaire, estimated through Cronbach’s alpha, was 0.73. Following that, exploratory factor analysis identified four components, namely authorial voice and identity, authorial persona, authorial background, and authorial style. Ultimately, SEM was run using AMOS in the confirmatory factor analysis phase to test the model. The results of this multi-phase research are presented and discussed for underlining the key role of authorial identity in academic writing for both novice and professional academicians. UR - https://ilt.atu.ac.ir/article_11034.html L1 - https://ilt.atu.ac.ir/article_11034_97b4f6e89ec651d3551ac9014c527733.pdf ER -