Behavior

Question 1

Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA)

Answer 1

• Offers culturally diverse worldwide application; translations in more than 90 languages
• Multi-informant for ages 1 ½ - 90+
• Widely used in mental health services, schools, medical settings, child and family services, HMOs, public health agencies, child guidance, and training programs
• Offers comparable scales across wide age ranges
• Is used in national surveys to track development and predict competancies and problems
• Is supported by extensive research on service needs an outcomes, diagnosis, prevalence of problems, medical conditions, treatment efficacy, genetic and environment effects, and epidemiology

Question 2

ASEBA Preschool:

CBCL-LDS, C-TRF

Answer 2

• The preschool forms and profiles span ages 1½-5 years. The forms obtain parents’, daycare providers’ and teachers’ ratings of 99 problem items plus descriptions of problems, disabilities, what concerns parents or respondent most about the child, and the best things about the child.
• Syndrome Scales: Emotionally Reactive; Anxious/Depressed; Somatic Complaints; Withdrawn; Sleep Problems (CBCL only); Attention Problems; Aggressive Behavior
• The profile of DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual)-oriented scales, which comprise CBCL/1½-5/LDS and C-TRF items that experienced psychiatrists and psychologists from ten cultures rated as being very consistent with DSM diagnostic categories.
• DSM-Oriented Scales: Affective Problems; Anxiety Problems; Pervasive Developmental Problems; Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Problems; Oppositional Defiant Problems.
• School-age (CBCL, TRF, YSR)

Question 3

 Empirically Based Syndrome Scales scored from the CBCL/6-18, TRF, and YSR are based on factor analyses coordinated across forms.

Answer 3

	Anxious/Depressed
	Somatic Complaints
	Social Problems
	Thought Problems 
	Attention Problems 
	Rule-Breaking Behavior 
	Aggressive Behaviors

Question 4

ASEBA CBCL: DSM-oriented scales comprise items identified by experts from 16 cultures as very consistent with DSM-IV categories. The six DSM-oriented scales are:

Answer 4

• Affective Problems
• Anxiety Problems
• Somatic Problems
• Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Problems
• Oppositional Defiant Problems
• Conduct Problem

Question 5

Conner’s (CRS-R)

Answer 5

Ages 3-17
-R = .70-.77 (test-retest)
-V = .16-.50
Conners 3 (2009)
-An instrument that uses observer ratings and self-report ratings to help assess attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and evaluate problem behavior in children and adolescents.
-Various CRS-R versions offer flexible administration options while also providing the ability to collect varying perspectives on a child’s behavior from parents, teachers, caregivers, and the child or adolescent.
-Ages: Parents and teachers of children and adolescents ages 3–17 and adolescent self-report ages 12–17