Abstract
The aims of the present study were to: 1) compare scores and scales of the Youth Self-Report (YSR) reported by healthy adolescents 15 - 17 years of age from Greece, Japan, Russia, and Sweden, 2) analyze gender and age effects of the YSR syndrome scores between and within countries, and 3) compare scores of competence scales and their associations to mental health problems. A comparison of problems (n = 812) yields a small effect size of 4.8% for cross-country in YSR total problems scores. There was a deviation above the overall mean for Greece and Russia, while Sweden and Japan had deviations below the mean. The effect sizes of country for narrowband and broadband scales were small or medium. Analysis within and between countries pointed out some problems that might be more/less common in some countries than others. In their total competence score, Greek adolescents scored higher than Swedish or Japanese. There were some negative associations between syndrome and competence scales across countries. Gender differences were shown across the countries with the exception of Japan. Age differences were less consistent due to the small range of age groups. Even though YSR is used in all four countries, translations and sampling procedure may influence (be one of) the variations.
Highlights
Another study showed that Indian adolescents reported more Internalizing and Externalizing Problems compared to Dutch adolescents, while the associations between these scales and the parent-child relationship quality appeared to be similar across the countries (Buist et al, 2016)
The aims of the present study were to: 1) compare scores and scales of Youth Self-Report (YSR) reported by healthy adolescents 15 - 17 years of age from Greece, Japan, Russia, and Sweden, 2) analyze gender and age effects between and within countries of the YSR syndrome scores, and 3) compare scores of competence scales and their associations to mental health problems
The present results suggested that adolescents who are high in Social Competence were less likely to have problems in Internalizing and Total Problems
Summary
Youth Self-Report (YSR; Achenbach, 1991a) is one of the most widely used mental health assessments for children and adolescents, and various studies have shown both similarities and differences across societal/cultural groups. A study reported that children and adolescents from Thailand and USA reported similar levels of somatic and depressive problems. In the clinical samples, Thai children and adolescents reported more somatic problems than their American counterparts (Weiss, Tram, Weisz, Rescorla, & Achenbach, 2009). Another study showed that Indian adolescents reported more Internalizing and Externalizing Problems compared to Dutch adolescents, while the associations between these scales and the parent-child relationship quality appeared to be similar across the countries (Buist et al, 2016)
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