Attributional Style Questionnaire for Adolescents

About the measure

Subscales

Intentionality; Stability; Globality

Example

Is the cause you have written due to something about yourself, or to something about other people or circumstances?

Key Stage

Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5

Domains

Motivation, goal orientation and perseverance, Perceptions of Self

Rating Psychometric

Rating Implementation

Implementation

No. of items

54

Format

Likert

Respondent

Self

Scoring

Complex

Age

15 – 19 year(s)

Cost single purchase

Free – Available

Cost per child

Free – Available

Psychometric

UK norms

No

Chronbach's alpha

.68-.87

Text retest

Not reported

Inter-rater reliability

Not reported

EFA

3‑factor orthogo

CFA

Not reported

Criterion validity

Not reported

Construct validity

r= [-.12,.24] with Hopelessness Depression Symptoms Questionnaire

Predictive validity

Total Attributional Style Questionnaire for Adolescents scores significantly predicted the total Particular Attributions Questionnaire scores ( beta = .39), F(1, 50) = 8.69, p

Responsiveness

Not reported

Floor/Ceiling

Not reported

References

Rodríguez-Naranjo, C., & Caño, A. (2010). Development and validation of an attributional style questionnaire for adolescents. Psychological Assessment, 22(4), 837 – 851. doi:10.1037/a0020426