Use of the children's attributions and perceptions scale in an underprivileged Spanish sample.
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).
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Noemí
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Departament de Personalitat, Avaluació i Tractaments Psicològics, Facultat de Psicologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Passeig Vall d'Hebron, 171, 08035 Barcelona, Spain.
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Maria
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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