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Based on the paradigm of Beard and Amir (2009), we created a Word-Sentence Association Paradigm in which ambiguous sentences that described general daily-life situations are included. This can be useful for measuring interpretation bias in a non-clinical population. We conducted a “pilot study” to determine whether the sentences were really ambiguous. Subsequently, from the initial set of sentences, only thirty-seven were selected. Moreover, we chose two words for each ambiguous sentence: one that corresponds to a negative interpretation, and one that corresponds to a positive interpretation. Each participant saw 37 ambiguous sentences: once pair with the negative interpretation prime (37 trials) and once with the positive interpretation prime (37 trials) for a total of 74 trials. We called this version "WSAP-74". The word–sentence pairs are presented in a different random order. Each trial begins with a fixation cross (+) that appears in the center of the screen for 500 milliseconds (ms) and is replaced by a prime word (positive or negative) that appears for 1500 ms. The prime words are replaced by ambiguous sentences presented in the center of the computer screen. After pressing the space bar, participants decide whether or not the prime word (implying a negative or positive interpretation) is related to the ambiguous sentence on a Likert scale from 0 to 6. Negative or positive meanings precede the ambiguity in order to examine the influence of positive and negative beliefs on interpretation of ambiguous information. The version used in our study is in Italian. After conducting an Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and a Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), the obtained results indicated that only 8 items of the WSAP-74 led to a reliable measurement of the two considered factors. The two factors considered are "Negative Interpretation" and "Positive Interpretation," which are operationalized in the scores given to items related to conditions where the participant assigns a score between a negative prime-word and an ambiguous sentence (Negative Interpretation) or a positive prime-word and an ambiguous sentence (Positive Interpretation). We have decided to upload both versions here, so that they are available to those interested in using them.
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