title: Epidemiological comparisons of problems and positive qualities reported by adolescents in 24 countries.
abstract: In this study, the authors compared ratings of behavioral and emotional problems and positive qualities on the Youth Self-Report (T. M. Achenbach & L. A. Rescorla, 2001) by adolescents in general population samples from 24 countries (N = 27,206). For problem scales, country effect sizes (ESs) ranged from 3% to 9%, whereas those for gender and age ranged from less than 1% to 2%. Scores were significantly higher for girls than for boys on Internalizing Problems and significantly higher for boys than for girls on Externalizing Problems. Bicountry correlations for mean problem item scores averaged .69. For Total Problems, 17 of 24 countries scored within one standard deviation of the overall mean of 35.3. In the 19 countries for which parent ratings were also available, the mean of 20.5 for parent ratings was far lower than the self-report mean of 34.0 in the same 19 countries (d = 2.5). Results indicate considerable consistency across 24 countries in adolescents' self-reported problems but less consistency for positive qualities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-2899, USA. lrescorl@brynmawr.edu
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rescorla
authors.forename: Thomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Achenbach
authors.forename: Masha Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Ivanova
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dumenci
authors.forename: Fredrik
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Almqvist
authors.forename: Niels
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bilenberg
authors.forename: Hector
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bird
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Broberg
authors.forename: Anca
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dobrean
authors.forename: Manfred
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Döpfner
authors.forename: Nese
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Erol
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Forns
authors.forename: Helga
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hannesdottir
authors.forename: Yasuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kanbayashi
authors.forename: Michael C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Lambert
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: Asghar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Minaei
authors.forename: Mesfin S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Mulatu
authors.forename: Torunn S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Novik
authors.forename: Kyung-Ja
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roussos
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sawyer
authors.forename: Zeynep
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Simsek
authors.forename: Hans-Christoph
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Steinhausen
authors.forename: Sheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Weintraub
authors.forename: Christa Winkler
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Metzke
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wolanczyk
authors.forename: Nelly
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zilber
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zukauskiene
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Verhulst
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D015995:Prevalence