title: Use of the children's attributions and perceptions scale in an underprivileged Spanish sample.
abstract: The psychometric properties and exploratory factor analysis of the Children's Attributions and Perceptions Scale in two Spanish samples of children were examined (n = 48 from an after-school social care center in a deprived neighborhood, and n = 120 from a school mainly enrolling families of medium socioeconomic status; 49% boys and 51% girls; M age = 10.5 yr., SD = 18.7). A cross-cultural comparative analysis of the Spanish samples and the normative sample was also carried out. Factor analysis supported a 4-factor solution for Spanish populations. Significant differences were found between the Spanish groups in school and the social care centers. The cross-cultural analysis showed that stressful conditions (sexual abuse vs deprivation) produced greater differences than cultural group (Spanish vs American).
authors.affiliation: Departament de Personalitat, Avaluació i Tractaments Psicològics, Facultat de Psicologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Passeig Vall d'Hebron, 171, 08035 Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Noemí
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pereda
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Forns
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude / Q000208:ethnology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011203:Poverty; D012938:Social Perception; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires