Collateral reports and cross-informant agreement about adult psychopathology in 14 societies

• Autores: Rescorla, Leslie A.; Achenbach, Thomas M.; Ivanova, Masha Y.; Turner, Lori V.; Árnadóttir, Hervör Alma; Au, Alma; Caldas, J. Carlos; Chen, Yi Chuen; Decoster, Jeroen; Fontaine, Johnny R. J.; Funabiki, Yasuko; Gudmundsson, Halldór S.; Leung, Patrick; Liu, Jianghong; Maras, Jelena Srdanovic; Oh, Kyung Ja; da Rocha, Marina M.; Samaniego, Virginia Corina; Silvares, Edwiges Ferreira de Mattos; Šimulionienė, Roma; Sokoli, Elvisa; Vázquez, Natalia; Zasępa, Ewa
• Año de publicación: 2016
• Idioma: inglés
• Tipo de recurso: artículo
• Fuente: Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment. 2016, 38
• Materia: PSICOPATOLOGIA; ADULTOS; SALUD MENTAL
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina

Fil: Rescorla, Leslie A. Bryn Mawr College; Estados Unidos
Fil: Achenbach, Thomas M. University of Vermont; Estados Unidos
Fil: Ivanova, Masha Y. University of Vermont; Estados Unidos
Fil: Turner, Lori V. University of Vermont; Estados Unidos
Fil: Árnadóttir, Hervör Alma. University of Iceland; Islandia
Fil: Au, Alma. Hong Kong Polytechnic University; China
Fil: Caldas, J. Carlos. Instituto Superior de Ciencias da Saude-Norte; Portugal
Fil: Chen, Yi-Chuen. National Chung-Cheng University; China
Fil: Decoster, Jeroen. Ghent University; Bélgica
Fil: Fontaine, Johnny. Ghent University; Bélgica
Fil: Funabiki, Yasuko. Kyoto University; Japón
Fil: Gudmundsson, Halldór S. University of Iceland; Islandia
Fil: Leung, Patrick. The Chinese University of Hong Kong; China
Fil: Liu, Jianghong. University of Pennsylvania; Estados Unidos
Fil: Maras, Jelena Srdanovic. Clinical Center of Vojvodina; Serbia
Fil: Oh, Kyung Ja. Yonsei University; Corea del Sur
Fil: da Rocha, Marina M. Mackenzie Presbyterian University; Brasil
Fil: Samaniego, Virginia Corina. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Psicología y Psicopedagogía; Argentina
Fil: Silvares, Edwiges Ferreira de Mattos. University of Sao Paulo; Brasil
Fil: Šimulionienė, Roma. Klaipeda University; Lituania
Fil: Sokoli, Elvisa. University of Tirana; Albania
Fil: Vázquez, Natalia. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Psicología y Psicopedagogía; Argentina
Fil: Zasępa, Ewa. The Maria Grzegorzewska Academy of Special Education; Polonia
Abstract: To advance international mental health assessment, instruments that have been internationally validated are needed. To this end, we analyzed ratings from 14 societies on the Adult Behavior Checklist (ABCL), a collateral-report form parallel to the Adult Self-Report (ASR; Achenbach and Rescorla 2003) for ages 18 to 59. Both the ABCL and the ASR assess problems, personal strengths, and adaptive functioning. For a sample of 8322 see note below collaterals, we found strong consistency across societies regarding which ABCL problem items tended to obtain relatively low, medium, or high ratings. Most societal effect sizes (ESs) for problem scale scores were small to medium (< 13.9 %), but the ES for the ABCL Personal Strengths scale was 25 %. For most of the same participants (N = 8,302), we analyzed cross-informant agreement between self-reports on the ASR and collateral reports on the ABCL. Cross-informant correlations for problem scale scores averaged .47, with considerable societal variation. Problem score means were higher on the ASR than the ABCL in every society, but the size of the difference varied across societies. Mean item ratings on the ABCL and ASR were highly correlated within every society (mean r = .92), but within-dyad item rating agreement varied widely in every society (mean r = .39). In all societies, non-corroboration of self-reported deviance and of collateral-reported deviance was common. Overall findings indicated considerable similarity but also some important differences in collateral-reported problems and adaptive functioning across 14 societies.