J Korean Neuropsychiatr Assoc.
2009 Jan;48(1):29-35.
Development of Korean Version of the Ambiguous Intentions Hostility Questionnaire(K-AIHQ)
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Psychiatry, Ilsan Hospital, National Health Insurance Corporation, Goyang, Korea.
- 2Section of Affect and Neuroscience, Institute of Behavioral Science in Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. ansk@yuhs.ac
- 3Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 4Department of Psychiatry, Gongju National Hospital, Gongju, Korea.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES
We studied the psychometric properties of a Korean version of the Ambiguous Intentions Hostility Questionnaire (K-AIHQ), which measures hostile social-cognitive biases for use in the research on paranoia.
METHODS
The translation and back-translation of the AIHQ with concern for the cultural differences were done according to the standard procedure. A sample of 83 healthy volunteers completed the K-AIHQ.
RESULTS
The scores of the K-AIHQ were comparable to the results of the original studies. The Paranoia Scale was correlated with the K-AIHQ, but Magical Ideation and Perceptual Aberration scales were not correlated with the K-AIHQ. The interrater reliabilities of the items in each situation were in the acceptable range.
CONCLUSION
The KAIHQ seems to be a reliable and valid test to measure the hostile social cognitive biases of patients with paranoia.