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  • Clinical Psychology
  • Social Psychology

Background:

  • Hostile interpretation biases are key to anger development and maintenance.
  • Existing methods for assessing these biases are inconsistent.
  • A reliable and valid measure is needed.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a new measure of hostile interpretation biases, the WSAP-Hostility.
  • To assess the psychometric properties of the WSAP-Hostility.
  • To examine its relationship with anger and related constructs.

Main Methods:

  • Development of the WSAP-Hostility based on the Word Sentence Association Paradigm (WSAP).
  • Four studies were conducted with varying samples, including community participants.
  • Psychometric analyses included factor structure, internal consistency, convergent, and divergent validity.

Main Results:

  • The WSAP-Hostility demonstrated good internal consistency across studies.
  • Evidence for convergent validity was found through associations with trait anger and aggression.
  • Divergent validity was supported by its distinctiveness from depression and anxiety measures.

Conclusions:

  • The WSAP-Hostility is a reliable and valid measure of hostile interpretation biases.
  • This new tool can aid in the assessment and understanding of anger-related processes.
  • It offers a standardized approach to measuring a critical cognitive bias.