This study aimed at building and validating a scale for measure the youngsters' identification with alternative groups. Participated 548 high-school students, most of them with a mean age of 16 years old (97.6%; M=16.2, SD=1.74). They answered a set of questionnaires, among they the Identification with Alternative Groups Scale, composed by seven alternative groups (hippies, punks, skinheads, headbangers, skaters, surfers, and funkeiros), rating in a 5-points scale. Result indicates a one-factor structure, with all items showing factor loadings above of .65. This general factor showed an eigenvalue of 4.02, accounting to 56% to the total variance, and obtaining a reliability (Cronbach's a) of .87. It was concluded that this an appropriateness measure to research purpose, being useful to knowing the youngsters' identification with alternative groups (e.g., surfers, punks).
Alternative groups; Group identification; Youngters
