The generalizability of the Youth Self-Report syndrome structure in 23 societies.
As a basis for theories of psychopathology, clinical psychology and related disciplines need sound taxonomies that are generalizable across diverse populations. To test the generalizability of a statistically derived 8-syndrome taxonomic model for youth psychopathology, confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) were performed on the Youth Self-Report (T. M. Achenbach & L. A. Rescorla, 2001) completed by 30,243 youths 11-18 years old from 23 societies. The 8-syndrome taxonomic model met criteria for good fit to the data from each society. This was consistent with findings for the parent-completed Child Behavior Checklist (Achenbach & Rescorla, 2001) and the teacher-completed Teacher's Report Form (Achenbach & Rescorla, 2001) from many societies. Separate CFAs by gender and age group supported the 8-syndrome model for boys and girls and for younger and older youths within individual societies. The findings provide initial support for the taxonomic generalizability of the 8-syndrome model across very diverse societies, both genders, and 2 age groups.
Ivanova
Masha Y
MY
Department of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05401, USA. masha.ivanova@uvm.edu
Achenbach
Thomas M
TM
Rescorla
Leslie A
LA
Dumenci
Levent
L
Almqvist
Fredrik
F
Bilenberg
Niels
N
Bird
Hector
H
Broberg
Anders G
AG
Dobrean
Anca
A
Döpfner
Manfred
M
Erol
Nese
N
Forns
Maria
M
Hannesdottir
Helga
H
Kanbayashi
Yasuko
Y
Lambert
Michael C
MC
Leung
Patrick
P
Minaei
Asghar
A
Mulatu
Mesfin S
MS
Novik
Torunn
T
Oh
Kyung Ja
KJ
Roussos
Alexandra
A
Sawyer
Michael
M
Simsek
Zeynep
Z
Steinhausen
Hans-Christoph
HC
Weintraub
Sheila
S
Winkler Metzke
Christa
C
Wolanczyk
Tomasz
T
Zilber
Nelly
N
Zukauskiene
Rita
R
Verhulst
Frank C
FC
D000293:Adolescent; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015233:Models, Statistical; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012917:Social Adjustment; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D013577:Syndrome