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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?
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Answer: The 2-month instruction can be adjusted for shorter intervals. If the interval is shortened much below 2 months, this may slightly reduce scores on some problem items and scales. Low-frequency behaviors may also be missed if the rating interval is too short. However, if reassessments are planned at intervals of less than 2 months, respondents should use the same shortened interval for the initial ratings as well as for each follow-up rating. For example, if follow-up ratings are to be done after a 1-month interval, the initial ratings should also be based on a 1-month period, so that the initial scores will not be higher than the follow-up scores merely because they span a longer rating period. To allow time for changes to stabilize and to become clearly evident, reassessment intervals should generally span at least a month.