Research Archives - ASEBA

Dopamine D4 Receptor Moderation of Dutch Youths’ Externalizing Problems Following Chronic Stressors

The TRacking Adolescents’ Individual Lives Survey (TRAILS; Zandstra et al., 2018) obtained multi-informant assessments of population and clinical samples of 1621 Dutch youths at ages 11, 13.5, and 16. Parents completed the CBCL/6-18, while youths completed the YSR at each…

YSR Problem Scores and Substance Use Reported by Youths in Nepal

Many studies have reported significant associations between YSR scores and substance use in middle and high income countries. To test these associations in a low income country that is culturally quite different from countries where most mental health research is…

Genetic and Environmental Effects on Conduct and Antisocial Personality Problems in Dutch Twins at Ages 9 to 65 Years

Genetic and Environmental Effects on Conduct and Antisocial Personality Problems in Dutch Twins at Ages 9 to 65 Years The Netherlands Twin Register (NTR) has been using ASEBA forms to assess a large proportion of twins born in the Netherlands since…

From Childhood Sexual Abuse to Adolescent Risky Behavior

It is well-established that childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is followed by increased rates of substance use and risky behavior in adolescence. The Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect (LONGSCAN) have provided data from multiple sites that make it possible…

Aspects of Economic Disadvantage that Predict Internalizing and Externalizing Problems among Dutch 3-Year-Olds

Many studies have reported more problems for children from economically disadvantaged families than for children from more advantaged families. However, much remains to be learned about the aspects of economic disadvantage that raise risks for particular kinds of problems. Starting…

Effects of Birth Mothers’ and Adoptive Mothers’ Depression and Antisocial Characteristics on Adoptees’ Internalizing and Externalizing Scores

Many studies have found associations between parent and child characteristics. Although genetic models partition phenotypic variance into genetic and environmental influences, parents’ genetic and environmental influences are confounded when children are raised by their biological parents. Kerr et al. (2013)…

International Epidemiology of Child and Adolescent Psychopathology: Findings for Diagnoses and Dimensions in Many Societies

Two related articles have presented findings pertaining to child and adolescent psychopathology assessed with standardized diagnostic interviews (SDIs) and dimensional rating instruments in many societies. The first article reviewed findings on the prevalence of disorders identified by SDIs in epidemiological…

Bisphenol A is Associated with CBCL Anxious/Depressed Scores and Listening Problems in Korean Children

Research has found that BPA affects neural circuits and behavior in rats and mice. Studies of humans have also found associations between prenatal BPA exposure and subsequent deviant problem scale scores on the CBCL (Perera et al., 2012). To test…

ADHD and Severity of Emotional Dysregulation

As research on ADHD has advanced, it has become clear that children who qualify for diagnoses of ADHD vary in many important ways. As an example, children diagnosed as having ADHD may have problems of aggression, anxiety, and depression as…

Prediction of Pathological Personality Traits from the CBCL Dysregulation Profile among Belgian (Flemish) Children

A pattern of CBCL/6-18 syndrome scale scores designated as the Dysregulation Profile (CBCL-DP) has been identified among children in multiple societies. The CBCL-DP is defined by elevated scores on the Anxious/Depressed, Attention Problems, and Aggressive Behavior syndromes. To test the…

Multiple Facets of Cross-Informant Agreement

Meta-analyses of correlations between ratings of child, adolescent, and adult psychopathology by different informants have shown low to moderate levels of agreement between different informants. This means that no one informant is likely to provide precisely the same information as…

ASEBA DSM-5-Oriented Scales

The ASEBA DSM-oriented scales were initially developed by having experts from many societies identify ASEBA problem items that they judged to be very consistent with DSM-IV diagnostic categories. In order to revise the DSM-oriented scales on the basis of DSM-5…