With school age informants, how can the scores from the earlier and later assessments be compared? 26. May 2021 Administrator Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Relations of the ADULT forms to ASEBA forms for other ages (0) 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 Administrator Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Coordinating Data from Different informants (0) 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 Administrator Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Coordinating Data from Different informants (0) 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 Administrator Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Coordinating Data from Different informants (0) 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 Administrator Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Coordinating Data from Different informants (0) 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 Administrator Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Relations of the 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 the school-age scores and subsequent scores on the adult forms? 26. May 2021 Administrator Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Relations of the 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]
In evaluating individuals, how much of a change in scale scores should be considered a “real” change? 26. May 2021 Administrator Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Adult Profile 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? 26. May 2021 Administrator Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Adult Profile 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? 26. May 2021 Administrator Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Adult Profile Questions (0) Answer: A hand-scored profile is an 8½ x 14" sheet of paper on which the items of the ASR or [More]
What are the “DSM-oriented” scales? 26. May 2021 Administrator Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Adult Profile Questions (0) Answer: Questions are often raised about relations between empirically-based assessment and the diag [More]
Is there a “lie” scale for the profiles? 26. May 2021 Administrator Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Adult Profile Questions (0) Answer: Deliberate lying is only one factor that can lead to excessively low or high scores, dependi [More]
How are clinical interpretations of the profiles made? 26. May 2021 Administrator Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Adult Profile Questions (0) Answer: The profiles provide standardized descriptions of functioning, as seen by the person filling [More]
Why are there gaps between successive raw scores on some scales of the profiles? 26. May 2021 Administrator Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Adult Profile Questions (0) Answer: Most gaps directly reflect the distributions of scores in the normative samples, where skewe [More]
Should extremely low scores on problem scales be considered deviant? 26. May 2021 Administrator Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Adult Profile Questions (0) Answer: Extremely low scores merely reflect the absence of reported problems. The profile compresses [More]
Should raw scores or T scores be used to report results? 26. May 2021 Administrator Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Adult Profile Questions (0) Answer: For evaluating a particular adult, T scores are helpful for indicating the degree to which t [More]
Why are there no norms for the “Other Problems” listed on the profile? 26. May 2021 Administrator Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Scoring Adult Forms 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? 26. May 2021 Administrator Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Scoring Adult Forms Questions (0) Answer: We offer scoring templates that fit over the forms to indicate the syndrome and DSM-oriented [More]
How do the profiles differ from the 1997 young adult editions? 26. May 2021 Administrator Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Adult Profile Questions (0) Answer: Chapter 2 describes the current profiles in detail. Briefly, the main innovations include (a [More]
How are the Mean Adaptive Functioning and Total Problems scores used? 26. May 2021 Administrator Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Scoring Adult Forms Questions (0) Answer: These scores provide global indices of the adult’s overall functioning, as seen by the [More]
What if the respondent circles two scores for a particular item or otherwise indicates that the item is true of the adult but does not clearly indicate a score of 1 or 2? 26. May 2021 Administrator Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Scoring Adult Forms Questions (0) 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 exactly the same problem? 26. May 2021 Administrator Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions, Scoring Adult Forms Questions (0) 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? 26. May 2021 Administrator Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions (0) Answer: The ASEBA forms can be used in conjunction with any other assessment procedures such as proj [More]
If respondents fill out the forms, won’t this cause them to focus on the individual’s problems instead of family or marital relationships? 26. May 2021 Administrator Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions (0) Answer: When people seek help, they expect to provide information about the problems for which help [More]
Are there machine-readable versions of the forms? 26. May 2021 Administrator Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions (0) E-mail us about the status of machine-readable forms (mail@aseba.org). [More]
Are there short forms that take less time to fill out? 26. May 2021 Administrator Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions (0) Answer: There are no authorized short forms. Most respondents can complete the ASR or ABCL in about [More]
The ASR and ABCL instruct the respondent to base ratings on the previous 6 months. What if a form is to be readministered over intervals of less than 6 months? 26. May 2021 Administrator Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions (0) Answer: The 6-month instruction can be adjusted to suit the interval being used. If the interval is [More]
For 18-year-olds, how should choices be made between using the YSR and CBCL/6-18 vs. the ASR and ABCL? 26. May 2021 Administrator Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions (0) Answer: For 18-year-olds who live with their parents and attend high school, the YSR and CBCL/6- 18 [More]
Can the forms be used outside their designated age ranges? 26. May 2021 Administrator Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions (0) Answer: For adults who are a year younger or older than the designated age range, there will not be [More]
Can social desirability, lying, and informant characteristics, such as depression, cause biases in scores? 26. May 2021 Administrator Adult Manual Frequently Asked Questions (0) Answer: Many informant characteristics may be associated with scores on all kinds of questionnaires. [More]