Syndromes of Self-Reported Psychopathology for Ages 18-59 in 29 Societies.
Journal: Journal of psychopathology and behavioral assessment
Volume: 37
Issue: 2
Year of Publication:
Affiliated Institutions:
University of Vermont, South Prospect Street, Burlington, VT , USA.
Department of Psychology, Bryn Mawr College, N. Merion Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA , USA, lrescorl@brynmawr.edu.
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Clinical Center of Kosova, Prishtine, Kosova.
Department of Applied Social Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom Kowloon Hong Kong, China, Alma.Au@inet.polyu.edu.hk.
El Colegio de Chihuahua, Anillo envolvente del PRONAF y calle Partido Díaz, sin número, Colonia Progresista, Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, mavila@colech.edu.mx.
Department of Child Psychiatry, Eugenio Medea Scientific Institute, Padiglione, Via Don Luigi Monza , Bosisio Parini, (Lecco), Italy , monica.bellina@bp.lnf.it.
Departamento de Ciências Sociais e do Comportamento, Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde - Norte, Rua Central de Gandra, , - Gandra, PRD, Portugal, jcarloscaldas@gmail.com.
Department of Psychology, National Chung Cheng University, University Road, Min-Hsiung, Chia-Yi, Taiwan , psyycc@ccu.edu.tw.
Prague Psychiatric Centre, Laboratory of Social Psychiatry, Ustavni , Praha , Prague, Czech Republic, csemy@pcp.lf.cuni.cz.
Institute of Human Sciences, University Paulista (Unip), Rua Francisco Bautista, , São Paulo, Brazil -, marinamonzani@gmail.com.
Department of Personnel Management, Work, and Organizational Psychology, Ghent University, Henry Dunantlaan , Ghent, Belgium.
Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Babes-Bolyai University, Rupublicii st. , Cluj Napoca, Romania AncaDobrean@psychology.ro.
Departament de Psicologia Clinica i de la Salut, Edifici B, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain , lourdes.ezpeleta@uab.cat.
Department of Psychiatry, Kyoto University Hospital, Kawaharacho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan - funaysk@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp.
Faculty of Social Work, University of Iceland, Gimli v., Saemundargata, Reykjavik, Iceland, halldorg@hi.is.
Department of Pediatrics, Texas Tech University Health Sciences, Center, P. O. Box , Lubbock, TX , USA, Marie.Leiner@ttuhsc.edu.
Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Room , Sino Building, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China, pleung@cuhk.edu.hk.
School of Nursing and Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, , Curie Blvd., Room , Claire M. Fagin Hall, Philadelphia, PA -, USA, jhliu@nursing.upenn.edu.
Departement de Psychologie, Laboratoire EVACLIPSY, Université Paris Ouest Nanterre la Défense, Batiment C, e Etage, Salles C. & C., Avenue de la Republique, Nanterre, France safia.mahr@gmail.com.
Psychological Institute of Russian Academy of Education, Mokhovaya str., /, Moscow, Russia , malykhsb@mail.ru.
Clinical Center of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia .
Medical Faculty Novi Sad, Clinical Center of Vojvodina, University of Novi Sad, Hajduk Veljkova , Novi Sad, Serbia , markovic@open.telekom.rs.
Africa Mental Health Foundation, P.O. Box -, Nairobi, Kenya, dmndetei@amhf.or.ke.
Department of Psychology, Yonsei University, Yonsei-ro, Soedaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea -, kjoh@yonsei.ac.kr.
Departement de Psychologie, Laboratoire EVACLIPSY, Université, de Paris Ouest, Batiment C, Etage, Salles C. & C., , Avenue de la Republique, Nanterre, France , jmpetot@u-paris.fr.
Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt, geylanriad@gmail.com.
Department of Psychiatry, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, direnc@gmail.com.
Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, corina_samaniego@ucaedu.ar.
Department of Psychology, University of Latvia, Jurmalas Avenue, /, Riga, Latvia , sebre@lanet.lv.
Instituto de Psicologia, University of São Paulo, Av. Prof. Mello Moraes , Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, Brazil -, efdmsilv@usp.br.
Department of Psychology, Klaipeda University, Herkaus Manto, str. , Klaipeda, Lithuania , roma.simulioniene@ku.lt.
Department of Psychology, University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania, Elvisa_sokoli@yahoo.com.
Aston Brain Centre, School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, UK B ET, j.b.talcott@aston.ac.uk.
Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, natalia_vazquez@uca.edu.ar.
The Maria Grzegorzewska Academy of Special Education, Room, , Szczesliwicka , - Warsaw, Poland, zasepa@aps.edu.pl.
Abstract summary
This study tested the multi-society generalizability of an eight-syndrome assessment model derived from factor analyses of American adults' self-ratings of 120 behavioral, emotional, and social problems. The Adult Self-Report (ASR; Achenbach and Rescorla 2003) was completed by 17,152 18-59-year-olds in 29 societies. Confirmatory factor analyses tested the fit of self-ratings in each sample to the eight-syndrome model. The primary model fit index (Root Mean Square Error of Approximation) showed good model fit for all samples, while secondary indices showed acceptable to good fit. Only 5 (0.06%) of the 8,598 estimated parameters were outside the admissible parameter space. Confidence intervals indicated that sampling fluctuations could account for the deviant parameters. Results thus supported the tested model in societies differing widely in social, political, and economic systems, languages, ethnicities, religions, and geographical regions. Although other items, societies, and analytic methods might yield different results, the findings indicate that adults in very diverse societies were willing and able to rate themselves on the same standardized set of 120 problem items. Moreover, their self-ratings fit an eight-syndrome model previously derived from self-ratings by American adults. The support for the statistically derived syndrome model is consistent with previous findings for parent, teacher, and self-ratings of 1½-18-year-olds in many societies. The ASR and its parallel collateral-report instrument, the Adult Behavior Checklist (ABCL), may offer mental health professionals practical tools for the multi-informant assessment of clinical constructs of adult psychopathology that appear to be meaningful across diverse societies.
Authors & Co-authors:
Ivanova
Achenbach
Rescorla
Tumer
Ahmeti-Pronaj
Au
Maese
Bellina
Caldas
Chen
Csemy
da Rocha
Decoster
Dobrean
Ezpeleta
Fontaine
Funabiki
Guðmundsson
Harder
de la Cabada
Leung
Liu
Mahr
Malykh
Maras
Markovic
Ndetei
Oh
Petot
Riad
Sakarya
Samaniego
Sebre
Shahini
Silvares
Simulioniene
Sokoli
Talcott
Vazquez
Zasepa
Study Outcome
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