CHILDRENS ATTRIBUTIONAL STYLE QUESTIONNAIRE REVISED - PSYCHOMETRIC EXAMINATION

This study examines the psychometric properties of the Children's Attr ibutional Style Questionnaire-Revised (CASQ-R; N. J. Kaslow & S. Nolen -Hoeksema, 1991), a 24-item shortened measure derived from the 48-item CASQ designed to assess children's causal explanations for positive a nd negative events. The data for this study come from 1,086 children, 9 to 12 years old, with equal representation of boys and girls and Afr ican American and Caucasian children. Approximately one half (n = 475) of the youths also completed the CASQ-R 6 months later. Results revea led that although the CASQ-R was somewhat less reliable than the origi nal CASQ, with moderate internal consistency reliability and fair test -retest reliability it demonstrated equivalent criterion-related valid ity with self-reported depressive symptoms. Psychometric properties of the CASQ-R showed some variation by race, such that the overall compo site demonstrated better internal consistency and criterion-related va lidity among Caucasian youths than among African American youths.