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Published in final edited form as: J Exp Child Psychol. 2011 Mar 21;109(4):412–429. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2011.02.009

Table 2.

The SIPI-P questions, composite scores, and range of scores, as a function of the social information processing steps

Social information processing step	Question	Composite score	Possible Range
Interpretation	“Were the other kids mean or not mean?”	Hostile Attribution	0–4
Response generation	“What would you say or do if this happened to you?”	Positive Response Generation	0–8
Response evaluation	1. “Was it a good thing or a bad thing to say (do)?”	Positive Response Evaluation	0–36
	2. “If you did that, do you think the other children would like you?”
	3. “Do you think the other children would let you play if you did that?”

Note. Question presented in general form. See Table 2 for exact language used in the interview. Range of scores was calculated after combining the four stories.