The forms instruct the respondent to base ratings on the previous 2 months. What if a form is to be readministered over intervals of less than 2 months? 7. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions (0) Answer: The 2-month instrusction can be shortened to suit the interval being used. If the [More]
Can the forms be used for anges below 1.5 and above 5? 7. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions (0) Answer: For children who are a few months younger than 1.5 or older than 5, there is not likely [More]
Can social desirability, lying, and other informant characteristics such as depression cause biases in scores? 7. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions (0) Answer: Many informant characteristics may be associated with scores on all kinds of questionnaires. [More]
Don't certain items involve subjective judgments, such as 27. Doesn't seem to feel guilty after misbehaving and 33. Feelings are easily hurt? 7. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions (0) Answer: Subjectivity is involved in all ratings of any person by another person. Some ite [More]
What if a respondent can't read English but can read a different language? 7. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions (0) Answer: At this writing, we know of translations of our forms into the 58 languages listed in T [More]
What if a respondent can't read well enough to complete a form? 7. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions (0) Answer: The forms require only fifth grade reading skills. They can also be administered orally by a [More]
What if daycare or preschool staff say they don't know enough about a child to score certain items? 7. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions (0) Answer: If a staff member has known a child for at least 2 months, he/she should be encouraged [More]
Can homecare providers and babysitters fill out the C-TRF? 7. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions (0) Answer: Homecare providers and babysitters who see a child's behavior in a group of at least f [More]
If multiple staff members are available to complete the C-TRF, should they collaborate in completing a single C-TRF, or should they independently complete separate C-TRFs? 7. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions (0) Each informant should independently complete a separate C-TRF to reflect his/her own views of the ch [More]
In daycare and preschool settings, who should be asked to fill out the C-TRF on a particular child? 7. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions (0) Answer: Staff members who have the most experience with the child over the longest periods are the b [More]
Can the CBCL/1.5-5 be filled out by people other than parents? 7. June 2021 Administrator Preschool Manual Frequently Asked Questions (0)
How do we use ASEBA scoring products for people who identify as nonbinary? 7. June 2021 Administrator ASEBA–Network, ASEBA–PC, ASEBA–Web (0) Please see these guidelines: https://aseba.org/guidelines-for-using-the-aseba-with-people-who-may-id [More]
How can data from the OASR and OABCL be coordinated for research purposes? 3. June 2021 Administrator Coordinating Data from Different informants, Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions (0) Answer: Multi-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? 3. June 2021 Administrator Coordinating Data from Different informants, Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions (0) Answer: Informants seldom agree perfectly in their reports of people’s functioning. One reason [More]
How are data coordinated from different informants? 3. June 2021 Administrator Coordinating Data from Different informants, Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions (0) Answer: The most efficient way to coordinate multi-informant data is via the Ages 60-90+ Module desc [More]
Why are no Internalizing or Externalizing scales scored from the older adult forms? 3. June 2021 Administrator Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Relations of the Older Adult Forms to ASEBA Forms for Other Ages (0) Answer: For other ASEBA forms, factor analyses of correlations between syndrome scales (i.e., &ldquo [More]
For assessing outcomes and doing longitudinal research, how can deviance on the adult scales be analyzed in relation to deviance on the older adult scales scored later for the same individuals? 3. June 2021 Administrator Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Relations of the Older Adult Forms to ASEBA Forms for Other Ages (0) Answer: The profiles for all the instruments provide criteria for classifying scores as being in the [More]
For longitudinal research, how can correlations be computed between scores obtained on the ages 18-59 forms and scores obtained later on the older adult forms? 3. June 2021 Administrator Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Relations of the Older Adult Forms to ASEBA Forms for Other Ages (0) Answer: Correlational and regression statistics are not affected by the absolute magnitudes of the s [More]
If ASEBA forms for ages 18 to 59 are completed for an individual and older adult ASEBA forms are subsequently completed for the same individual, how can the scores from the earlier and later assessments be compared? 3. June 2021 Administrator Older Adult Profile Questions, Relations of the Older Adult Forms to ASEBA Forms for Other Ages (0) Answer: Several scales scored from the ages 18- 59 forms are comparable to scales scored from the ol [More]
In evaluating individuals, how much of a change in scale scores should be considered a “real” change? 3. June 2021 Administrator Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Scoring Older Adult Form Questions (0) Answer: A rough approximation to statistical criteria can be applied to scale scores for individuals [More]
In research samples, how much of a change in scale scores should be considered a “real” change? 3. June 2021 Administrator Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Scoring Older Adult Form Questions (0) Answer: In research designed to compare the effects of different interventions with each other or wi [More]
What is the difference between a profile and a scoring template? 3. June 2021 Administrator Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Scoring Older Adult Form Questions (0) Answer: A hand-scored profile is an 8½ x 14” sheet of paper on which the items of the O [More]
Are extremely low scores on problem scales be considered deviant? 3. June 2021 Administrator Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Scoring Older Adult Form Questions (0) Answer: Extremely low scores merely reflect a paucity of reported problems. The profile compresses t [More]
What are the “DSM-oriented” scales? 3. June 2021 Administrator Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Scoring Older Adult Form Questions (0) Answer: Questions often arise about relations between empirically-based assessment and the diagnosti [More]
Is there a “lie” scale for the profiles? 3. June 2021 Administrator Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Scoring Older Adult Form Questions (0) 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? 3. June 2021 Administrator Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Scoring Older Adult Form Questions (0) 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 Administrator Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Older Adult Profile Questions (0) 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 Administrator Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Older Adult Profile Questions (0) 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 Administrator Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Older Adult Profile Questions (0) 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 Administrator Older Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Scoring Older Adult Form Questions (0) Answer: The Total Problems score provides a global index of the older adult’s overall level of [More]