Teacher Report Form (6-18)

The Teacher Report Form (6-18) is part of the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA) taxonomy and is a validated instrument to assess psychiatric symptoms in both clinical and research settings. The ASEBA teacher report version for youths 6 to 18 years of age potentially includes the syndrome scales Anxious/Depressed, Withdrawn/Depressed, Somatic Complaints, Social Problems, Thought Problems, Attention Problems, Rule Breaking Behavior, and Aggressive Behavior, the DSM-oriented scales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 NTR, from school year 1998-1999 onwards, the teacher survey included the TRF 4-18 constructed in 1991 (Achenbach, T. M. (1991). Manual for the Teacher Report Form/4 - 18 Profile. University of Vermont, Research Center for Children, Youth, & Families.). In 2001, a release of a new version of the TRF (6-18) was published and translated into Dutch (Achenbach, T. M., & Rescorla, L. A. (2001). Manual for the ASEBA School-Age Forms & Profiles. Burlington, VT: University of Vermont, Research Center for Children, Youth, & Families; Verhulst, F.C., Van der Ende, J. (2013). Handleiding ASEBA-Vragenlijsten voor leeftijden 6 t/m 18 jaar: CBCL/6-18, YSR en TRF. SEBA Nederland). From school year 2005-2006 onwards, this updated version (TRF 6-18) was included in the teacher surveys. The adjustments of the new version consisted of a) replacement of 3 items by new ones (item 5 (4-18: "Behaves like someone of the opposite the sex", 6-18: "There is very little he/she enjoys"), item 28 (4-18 = "Eats and drinks things that are not eatable (no candys)", 6-18: "Breaks rules at school"), and item 99 (4-18: "Tries to be too neat and too clean", 6-18: "Smokes tobacco")), b) new wordings/formulations of items 3, 38, 54, 56a, 56c, 56d, 56f, 58, 61, 109, 113, and c) adding the 3 replaced items of the 4-18 version at the end of the survey (with permission of Verhulst). The NTR only includes the part of the TRF measuring behavioral and emotional problems, thus, the competence scales are not included. The DSM-oriented Sluggish Cognitive Tempo, Obsessive-Compulsive Problems, and Stress Problems scales, and the broadband total problems scale are not available in NTR. Instead of the DSM-oriented scale "Depressive Problems" the NTR has the DSM-oriented scale "Affective Problems".

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  • Young Netherlands Twin Register

  • YS_TRF5
    •   TC
    5.0 years   From 1996-01-01 to 2008-01-01
  • YS_TRF7
    •   TC
    7.0 years   From 1999-01-01 (ongoing)
  • YS_TRF10
    •   TC
    9.0 - 10.0 years   From 1999-01-01 (ongoing)
  • YS_TRF12
    •   TC
    12.0 years   From 1999-01-01 (ongoing)
  • YE_ATTEF1
    •   TC
    5.0 - 6.0 years   From 1995-01-01 to 1996-01-01
  • YE_ATTEF2
    •   TC
    12.0 years   From 2002-01-01 to 2004-01-01
    Mode of collection SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire
    Analysis unit Individual
    References
    Achenbach, T. M., & Rescorla, L. A. (2001). Manual for the ASEBA School-Age Forms & Profiles. Burlington, VT: University of Vermont, Research Center for Children, Youth, & Families.
    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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