Université Paris Nanterre, Nanterre, France.
Université Paris 8, Saint-Denis, France.
Assessment. 2020 Oct;27(7):1619-1632. doi: 10.1177/1073191119831781. Epub 2019 Mar 5.
The Intention Attribution Test for Children (IAC) was created to assess hostile attribution bias in preschool- and early school-aged children. It comprises 16 cartoon strips presenting situations in which one character (either a child or an adult) causes harm to another, either intentionally, accidentally (nonintentional), or without his or her intention being clear (ambiguous). Its validity was tested on 233 children aged 4 to 12 years. Exploratory factor analysis and item response theory models demonstrated support for a single factor of hostile attribution bias for the ambiguous and nonintentional items. Analyses revealed, however, that the intentional items did not contribute to this same overall construct of hostile intention attribution bias. Correlations with the Social Perception Test and with sociometry suggest good validity of the IAC. The IAC may be a useful instrument for research and in the context of therapeutic intervention addressing socially inappropriate behavior in childhood.
儿童意图归因测验（IAC）旨在评估学前和小学儿童的敌意归因偏差。它由 16 个卡通条组成，呈现了一个角色（儿童或成人）故意伤害另一个角色的情况，分别是有意、无意（非故意）或其意图不明确（模糊）。它的有效性在 233 名 4 至 12 岁的儿童身上进行了测试。探索性因素分析和项目反应理论模型支持对模糊和非故意项目的敌意归因偏差的单一因素。然而，分析表明，有意项目并没有为这种敌意意图归因偏差的总体结构做出贡献。与社会知觉测验和社会计量学的相关性表明，IAC 具有良好的有效性。IAC 可能是研究和治疗干预的有用工具，可用于解决儿童时期的不当社交行为。
