The Strategy and Attribution Questionnaire: psychometric properties of a Lithuanian translation in an adolescent sample

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Atsitraukimas; Kognityvinės ir atribucijos strategijos; Kognityvinės ir elgesio strategijos; Nerimas/depresija; Nerimastingumas/depresija; Nusišalinimas; Paaugliai; Socialinės problemos; Somatiniai nusiskundimai; Somatiniai sutrikimai; Adolescents; Anxiety/depression; Cognitive and attributional strategies; Social problems; Somatic complaints; Withdrawal.

ENThe present study provides a preliminary validation of the Lithuanian version of the Strategy and Attribution Questionnaire (SAQ, Nurmi, et al ., 1995), a self-reported measure of social and cognitive behavioral strategies. An attempt to validate SAQ subscales was made by correlating them with the Youth Self-Report (Achenbach, 1991) and school grades. This was done with a sample of 14- to 17-year-old adolescents (N=734). The results showed that although internal consistency reliabilities were good, they were lower when compared with the ori ginal version of SAQ. The SAQ subscales were moderately associated with various validity criteria, such as anxiety/depression, withdrawal, so cial problems and somatic complaints and school grades. Results also showed moderate correlations between similar strategic components across achievement and affiliative situations. The results provide preliminary evidence for concurrent validity of the Lithuanian version of SAQ. [From the publication]

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