title: Preliminary examination of a cartoon-based hostile attributional bias measure for urban African American boys.
abstract: The current study illustrates how researchers developed and validated a cartoon-based adaptation of a written hostile attributional bias measure for a sample of urban, low-income, African American boys. A series of studies were conducted to develop cartoon illustrations to accompany a standard written hostile attributional bias vignette measure (Study 1), to determine initial psychometric properties (Study 2) and acceptability (Study 3), and to conduct a test-retest reliability trial of the adapted measure in a separate sample (Study 4). These studies utilize a participatory action research approach to measurement design and adaptation, and suggest that collaborations between researchers and key school stakeholders can lead to measures that are psychometrically strong, developmentally appropriate, and culturally sensitive. In addition, the cartoon-based hostile attributional bias measure appears to have promise as an assessment and/or outcome measure for aggression and bullying prevention programs conducted with urban African American boys.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Psychology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. leff@email.chop.edu
authors.forename: Stephen S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Leff
authors.forename: Elizabeth K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Lefler
authors.forename: Gagan S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Khera
authors.forename: Brooke
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Paskewich
authors.forename: Abbas F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Jawad
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D058445:Bullying; D002359:Cartoons as Topic; D002648:Child; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011287:Prejudice; D011594:Psychometrics; D014481:United States; D014505:Urban Population