Youth Self-Report (YSR)

The Youth Self Report (YSR) is part of the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA) taxonomy and is a instrument to assess psychiatric symptoms in both clinical and research settings. The ASEBA self report version for youths 6 to 18 years of age potentially includes the syndrome scales Anxious/Depressed, Withdrawn/Depressed, Somatic Complaints, Social Problems, Thought Problems, Attention Problems, Rule Breaking Behavior, and Aggressive Behavior, the DSM-oriented scales Depressive Problems, Anxiety Problems, Somatic Problems, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Problems, Oppositional Defiant Problems, Conduct Problems, Sluggish Cognitive Tempo, Obsessive-Compulsive Problems, and Stress Problems, the broadband scales Internalizing, Externalizing, and Total Problems, and, optionally, the competence scales Activities, Social, School, and Total Competence.

In RADAR Young, the Youth Self-Report was used until Wave 6. In RADAR Old, it was used in Wave 5-6. In both cohorts and all waves, only the Delinquent behavior (11 items) and Aggressive behavior (19 items) subscales were included.

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Waves
  • Old Cohort

  • RO - W5
    •   CC SS UU
    16.0 years   From 2006-01-01 to 2006-03-31
  • RO - W6
    •   CC SS UU
    17.0 years   From 2007-01-01 to 2007-03-31
  • Young Cohort

  • RY - W1
    •   CC SS UU
    13.0 years   From 2006-02-01 to 2006-05-31
  • RY - W2
    •   CC SS UU
    14.0 years   From 2007-02-01 to 2007-05-31
  • RY - W3
    •   CC SS UU
    15.0 years   From 2008-02-01 to 2008-05-31
  • RY - W4
    •   CC SS UU
    16.0 years   From 2009-02-01 to 2009-05-31
  • RY - W5
    •   CC SS UU
    17.0 years   From 2010-02-01 to 2010-05-31
  • RY - W6
    •   CC SS UU
    18.0 years   From 2010-12-01 to 2011-02-28
    Mode of collection SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire
    Analysis unit Individual
    Instrument name Youth Self-Report (YSR)
    Measure name Psychopathology (externalizing)
    References
    Achenbach TM. Manual for the ASEBA School-Age Forms & Profiles. Burlington, VT: University of Vermont, Research Center for Children, Youth, & Families 2001. // Achenbach, T. M. (1991). Manual for the Youth Self-Report and 1991 profile. Burlington, VT: University of Vermont, Department of Psychiatry.
    Achenbach, T. M., Ivanova, M. Y., & Rescorla, L. A. (2017). Empirically based assessment and taxonomy of psychopathology for ages 1½–90+ years: Developmental, multi-informant, and multicultural findings. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 79, 4–18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2017.03.006
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