@article{ref1,
title="Validation of the 'How I Think Questionnaire' in a Population of French-speaking Adolescents with Externalizing Behaviors",
journal="Behavioral sciences and the law",
year="2012",
author="Plante, Nicolas and Daigle, Marc S. and Gaumont, Chloé and Charbonneau, Lucie and Gibbs, John and Barriga, Alvaro",
volume="30",
number="2",
pages="196-210",
abstract="'How I Think Questionnaire' (HIT) is used to measure self-serving cognitive distortions among delinquents. Previously validated on Americans, this instrument was translated, adapted and validated for French-speaking teens. To assess convergent and discriminant validity, 336 adolescents with externalizing behaviors in Québec (Canada) completed the HIT, the Self-Reported Delinquency Scale (SRD), and the Auto-aggression Questionnaire. There were 165 boys and 171 girls with M(age) = 16.4 years (SD = 0.5) who received services under the Youth Criminal Justice Act (n = 145) or the Youth Protection Act (n = 191). HIT and SRD total scores were correlated (0.51, p < 0.01). On the HIT, past suicidal attempting delinquents were not significantly different than non-suicide attempting delinquents; also delinquents living in closed detention facilities had more self-serving cognitive distortions than delinquents living in open facilities or under probation in the community. This French-language version of the HIT is a reliable and valid measure. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0735-3936",
doi="10.1002/bsl.2001",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2001"
}