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Are extremely low scores on problem scales be considered deviant?

03 June 2021 ASEBA-Technical-Support Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Scoring Older Adult Form Questions
Answer: Extremely low scores merely reflect a paucity of reported problems. The profile compresses t [More]

What are the “DSM-oriented” scales?

03 June 2021 ASEBA-Technical-Support Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Scoring Older Adult Form Questions
Answer: Questions often arise about relations between empirically-based assessment and the diagnosti [More]

Is there a “lie” scale for the profiles?

03 June 2021 ASEBA-Technical-Support Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Scoring Older Adult Form Questions
Answer: Deliberate lying is only one factor that can lead to excessively low or high scores, dependi [More]

Why do the profiles show gaps between successive raw scores on some scales?

03 June 2021 ASEBA-Technical-Support Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Scoring Older Adult Form Questions
Answer: Most gaps directly reflect the distributions of scores in the normative samples, where skewe [More]

Should raw scores or T scores be used to report results?

27 May 2021 ASEBA-Technical-Support Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Older Adult Profile Questions
Answer: For evaluating a particular person, T scores are helpful for indicating the degree to which [More]

Why are no norms shown for the “Other Problems” listed on the Profile?

27 May 2021 ASEBA-Technical-Support Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Older Adult Profile Questions
Answer: The “Other Problems” on the profile do not constitute a scale. They are merely t [More]

Can hand scoring be made quicker and easier?

27 May 2021 ASEBA-Technical-Support Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Older Adult Profile Questions
Answer: We offer scoring templates that fit over pages 2 and 3 of the forms to indicate the Personal [More]

How is the Total Problems score used?

27 May 2021 ASEBA-Technical-Support Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Scoring Older Adult Form Questions
Answer: The Total Problems score provides a global index of the older adult’s overall level of [More]

What if the respondent circles two scores for a particular item or otherwise indicates that the item is true of the older adult but does not clearly indicate a score of 1 or 2?

27 May 2021 ASEBA-Technical-Support Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Scoring Older Adult Form Questions
Answer: Score the item 1. [More]

What if a respondent endorses two different items when his/her comments indicate that the endorsements of both items refer to the same behavior or characteristic?

27 May 2021 ASEBA-Technical-Support Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Scoring Older Adult Form Questions
Answer: Score only the item that most specifically describes the problem. For example, if the respon [More]

Can other assessment procedures be used with the ASEBA forms?

27 May 2021 ASEBA-Technical-Support Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions
Answer: The ASEBA forms can be used in conjunction with any other assessment procedures, such as per [More]

If respondents fill out the forms, won’t this cause them to focus exclusively on the individual who is being assessed instead of on family or marital relationships?

27 May 2021 ASEBA-Technical-Support Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions
Answer: When people seek help, they expect to provide information about the problems for which help [More]

Are there machine-readable or web-based versions of the forms?

27 May 2021 ASEBA-Technical-Support Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions
Answer: Please e-mail questions about the status of machine-readable and web-based versions of the f [More]

Are there short forms that take less time to fill out?

27 May 2021 ASEBA-Technical-Support Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions
Answer: There are no authorized short forms. Most respondents can complete the OASR or OABCL in abou [More]

The OASR and OABCL instruct respondents to base ratings on the previous 2 months. What if a form is to be readministered over intervals of less than 2 months?

27 May 2021 ASEBA-Technical-Support Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions
Answer: The 2-month instruction can be adjusted for shorter intervals. If the interval is shortened [More]

Can the forms be used outside their designated age ranges?

27 May 2021 ASEBA-Technical-Support Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions
Answer: For people who are 57 to 59 years old, there will not be much error in using the older adult [More]

Can social desirability, lying, and informant characteristics, such as depression, cause biases in scores?

27 May 2021 ASEBA-Technical-Support Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions
Answer: Many informant characteristics may be associated with scores on all kinds of questionnaires. [More]

Don’t certain items involve subjective judgments, such as 23. Feels too guilty and 32. Feels worthless or inferior?

27 May 2021 ASEBA-Technical-Support Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions
Answer: Subjectivity is involved in all ratings of any person by another person. Some items are less [More]

What if a respondent can’t read English but can read a different language?

27 May 2021 ASEBA-Technical-Support Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions
Answer: For the current status of translations into a particular language, please visit www.ASEBA.or [More]

What if a respondent can’t read well enough to complete a form?

27 May 2021 ASEBA-Technical-Support Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions
Answer: The forms require only fifth-grade reading skills. They can also be administered orally by a [More]

What if informants say they don’t know enough about an older adult to rate certain items?

27 May 2021 ASEBA-Technical-Support Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions
Answer: If an informant has known the older adult for at least 2 months, he/she should be encouraged [More]

If two or more informants are available to complete the OABCL, should they collaborate in completing a single OABCL, or should they independently complete separate OABCLs?

27 May 2021 ASEBA-Technical-Support Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions
Answer: Each informant should independently complete a separate OABCL to reflect his/her own views o [More]

Why are the OASR and OABCL said to have 113 problem items when the item numbers on pages 2 and 3 go to 123?

27 May 2021 ASEBA-Technical-Support Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions
Answer: Item 49 includes 11 items for physical complaints, designated as a through k. These 11 items [More]

How do the OASR and OABCL differ from the ASR and ABCL?

27 May 2021 ASEBA-Technical-Support Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions
Answer: The ASR and ABCL are designed and normed for ages 18 to 59. The ASR has adaptive functioning [More]

With school age informants, how can the scores from the earlier and later assessments be compared?

26 May 2021 ASEBA-Technical-Support Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Relations of the ADULT forms to ASEBA forms for other ages
Answer: Several scales of the school-age forms are quite comparable to scales of the adult forms. Ho [More]

How can data from the ASR and ABCL be coordinated for research purposes?

26 May 2021 ASEBA-Technical-Support Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Coordinating Data from Different informants
Answer: Cross-informant data can be used to classify people as deviant vs. nondeviant by selecting a [More]

What if there are disagreements between scores obtained from different informants?

26 May 2021 ASEBA-Technical-Support Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Coordinating Data from Different informants
Answer: Informants seldom agree perfectly in their reports of people’s problems. One reason fo [More]

Why do some items differ between the ASR and ABCL versions of a syndrome scale, such as the Anxious/Depressed scale?

26 May 2021 ASEBA-Technical-Support Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Coordinating Data from Different informants
Answer: As explained in Chapter 7, the ASR and ABCL scales for scoring some syndrome constructs diff [More]

How are data coordinated from different informants?

26 May 2021 ASEBA-Technical-Support Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Coordinating Data from Different informants
Answer: The most effective way is to use the Ages 18-59 Module described in Chapter 3. For any combi [More]

For assessing outcomes and doing longitudinal research, how can deviance on the school-age scales be analyzed in relation to deviance on the adult scales scored later for the same individuals?

26 May 2021 ASEBA-Technical-Support Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Relations of the ADULT forms to ASEBA forms for other ages
Answer: The profiles for all the instruments provide criteria for classifying scores as being in the [More]
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