YSR
Youth Self-Report (YSR)
The Youth Self-Report (YSR) is part of the ASEBA system and is intended to assess social competencies and behavioral and emotional problems in adolescents aged 11 to 18. It gathers information directly from the adolescent, providing a valuable self-report to complement parent and school observations.
- Number of questions
- 112 questions
- Estimated duration
- 20 minutes
- Language
- English
- Original name
- Youth Self-Report
- Target audience
- Adolescents aged 11-18
- Authors
- Thomas M. Achenbach (1991)
- Category
- Adolescent care
Scoring & interpretation
Each item is rated on a 3-point scale: 0 (Not True), 1 (Somewhat or Sometimes True), 2 (Very True or Often True). Scores are summed to obtain syndrome scales (e.g., anxious/depressed, withdrawn, somatic complaints, etc.) as well as total scores for internalizing problems, externalizing problems, and the questionnaire as a whole. Results are interpreted using normative cutoffs by age and sex.
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