Youth Self-Report - Simplified (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ASEBA self report version for youths 6 to 18 years of age potentially includes the syndrome scales Anxious/Depressed, Withdrawn/Depressed, Somatic Complaints, Social Problems, Thought Problems, Attention Problems, Rule Breaking Behavior, and Aggressive Behavior, the DSM-oriented scales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 Generation R, a selection of items from the full YSR measuring thought problems and self-harm were administered. In the 9/10 years measurement wave, 5 items from Thought problems and 1 item from Self harm were administered. In the Covid-19 measurement wave, 1 item from Thought problems and 1 item from Self harm were administered.

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Keywords
Constructs
Waves
  • Generation R

  • 9-10 years
    •   CC
    8.7 - 12.5 years   From 2012-01-01 to 2016-12-31
  • Covid questionnaires
    •   CC
    14.8 - 18.4 years   From 2020-06-01 to 2020-10-31
    Mode of collection SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire
    Analysis unit Individual
    Instrument name Youth Self-Report - Simplified (YSR)
    Measure name Thought problem and self harm
    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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