title: Georgetown Adolescent Psychosocial Rating Scale.
abstract: The Georgetown Adolescent Psychosocial Rating Scale (GAPRS) was developed as a clinical tool to be used in the evaluation of the psychosocial development of the adolescent. Preliminary findings have shown it to be useful in assessing normal psychosocial development and identifying deviant states. The GAPRS was developed in a clinical setting over a 5-year period as a questionnaire with the statistical ability to assess adolescent psychosocial development. The data from this study support the GAPRS as a promising new clinical tool to be used with the adolescent patient for assessing normal and deviant psychosocial maturation in an efficient and concise manner.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Adolescent psychosocial maturation can be measured using key questions to measure normal development and deviant states.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002657:Child Development; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012951:Socialization