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ASEBA self report version for youths 6 to 18 years of age potentially includes the syndrome scales Anxious/Depressed, Withdrawn/Depressed, Somatic Complaints, Social Problems, Thought Problems, Attention Problems, Rule Breaking Behavior, and Aggressive Behavior, the DSM-oriented scales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 NTR projects YS_DHBQP, YS_DHBQ14, YS_DHBQ16, YS_DHBQ18, and YC_BS2, the YSR (Achenbach & Rescorla, 2001) was supplemented with 6 items from 1991 version of the YSR. In NTR projects YC_DSC, YE_ATTEF2, YC_ADHMRI, and YE_COG12, the 1991 version of the YSR was used. The NTR only includes the part of the YSR 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 are not available in NTR. Instead of the DSM-oriented scale "Depressive Problems" the NTR has the DSM-oriented scale "Affective Problems". The additional syndrome scale "Self Control" (8 items, see Willems et al. 2018 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10519-018-9887-1)) is available in NTR project YS_DHBQ14.

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  • Young Netherlands Twin Register

  • YS_DHBQP
    •   CC SS
    14.0 - 18.0 years   From 2004-01-01 to 2004-01-01
  • YS_DHBQ14
    •   CC SS
    14.0 years   From 2005-01-01 to 2013-01-01
  • YS_DHBQ16
    •   CC SS
    16.0 years   From 2005-01-01 to 2013-01-01
  • YS_DHBQ18
    •   CC SS
    18.0 years   From 2005-01-01 to 2006-01-01
  • YC_BS2
    •   CC SS
    12.0 years   From 2007-01-01 to 2009-01-01
  • YC_DSC
    •   CC
    10.0 - 13.0 years   From 2002-01-01 to 2005-01-01
  • YE_ATTEF2
    •   CC SS
    12.0 years   From 2002-01-01 to 2004-01-01
  • YC_ADHMRI
    •   CC
    15.0 years   From 2003-01-01 to 2007-01-01
  • YE_COG12
    •   CC
    12.0 years   From 1998-01-01 to 2000-01-01
    Mode of collection SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire
    Analysis unit Individual
    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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