General Information

The How I Think Questionnaire is designed to measure cognitive distortion and problem behaviors in antisocial youth.

Number of Versions:	1
Version:	How I Think Questionnaire
Author(s):	John C. Gibbs, Alvaro Q. Barrriga, & Granville Bud Potter
Date of Publication:	2001
Material(s) Needed for Test:	Instrument
Manual:	Available
Time to Administer:	5-15 minutes
Charge for one form or kit:	Yes

Purpose and Nature of Test

Construct(s) Measured:	Aggression, Conduct problems, Anti-social, Defiance, Several others
Population for which designed:	Age Range: 13 through 20 years old Grade Level: High School Sophomore to High School Senior
Method of Administration:	Group and Individual
Source of Information:	Self
Subtests and Scores:	Self-Centered, Blaming Others, Minimizing/Mislabeling, Assuming the Worst, Opposition-Defiance, Physical Aggression, Lying, Stealing
Number of Items:	54
Type of Scale:	Likert

Technical Evaluation

Norms: 

Sample Size:	162
Population:	Incarcerated individuals at a midewestern Department of Youth Services juvenile correctional facility and adolescents at an urban midwestern public high school
Culture/ethnicity:	African-American, Caucasian
SES Level:	Not reported by author(s).

Reliability: 

Psychometric information:	Provided for Subscales.
The range of Test-Retest Value:	0.40 to 0.91
The range of Inter-rater reliability:	Not assessed
The range of Internal consistency:	0.93 to 0.96

Validity: 

 Criterion validity was assessed and found to be acceptable.

Practical Evaluation

Scoring Procedure:	Manual Scoring
Examiner Qualifications and Training Required:	None
Permission Required to Use Instrument:	Yes
If yes, by whom:	Research Press

Notes

Original Reference(s):

Barriga, A. Q., & Gibbs, J. C. (1996). Measuring cognitive distortion in antisocial youth: Development and preliminary validation of the "How I Think" questionnaire. Aggressive Behavior, 22, 333-343.

Other Reference(s):

Liau, A. K., Barriga, A. Q., & Gibbs, J. C. (1998). Relations between self-serving cognitive disortions and overt vs. covert antisocial behavior in adolescents. Aggressive Behavior, 24, 335-346. Barriga, A. Q., Landau, J. R., Stinson, B. L., & Liau, A. K., & Gibbs, J. C. (2000). Cognitive disortion and problem behaviors in adolescents. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 27 (1), 36-56. Gibbs, J. C., Barriga, A. Q., & Potter, G. (in press). The How I Think Questionnaire. Champaign, IL: Research Press.

Contact

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Last updated by Violence Institute of New Jersey:  February 2007