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ASEBA self report version for youths 6 to 18 years of age potentially includes the syndrome scales Anxious/Depressed, Withdrawn/Depressed, Somatic Complaints, Social Problems, Thought Problems, Attention Problems, Rule Breaking Behavior, and Aggressive Behavior, the DSM-oriented scales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In TRAILS, the syndrome scales anxious/depressed, withdrawn/depressed, somatic complaints, social problems, thought problems, attention problems, rule breaking behavior, and aggressive behavior were included, as well as the DSM-oriented scales depressive problems, anxiety problems, somatic problems, attention deficit/hyperactivity problems, oppositional defiant problems, and conduct problems, and the broadband scales internalizing, externalizing, and total problems.

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  • Population cohort

  • POP - T1
    •   CC
    10.0 - 12.0 years   From 2001-03-01 to 2002-07-31
  • POP - T2
    •   CC
    12.0 - 15.0 years   From 2003-09-01 to 2004-12-31
  • POP - T3
    •   CC
    15.0 - 17.0 years   From 2005-09-01 to 2008-08-31
  • Clinical cohort

  • CC - T1
    •   CC
    10.0 - 12.0 years   From 2004-09-01 to 2005-12-31
  • CC - T2
    •   CC
    12.0 - 14.0 years   From 2006-09-01 to 2007-11-30
  • CC - T3
    •   CC
    15.0 - 17.0 years   From 2009-09-01 to 2011-02-28
    Mode of collection SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire
    Analysis unit Individual
    Instrument name Youth Self-Report (YSR)
    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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