The generalizability of the Youth Self-Report syndrome structure in 23 societies.

• DOI: 10.1037/0022-006x.75.5.729
• Publication Date: 2007-10-01T23:24:49Z
• Authors: Masha Y. Ivanova; Thomas M. Achenbach; Leslie A. Rescorla; Levent Dumenci; Fredrik Almqvist; Niels Bilenberg; Hector Bird; Anders G. Broberg; Anca Dobrean; Manfred Döpfner; Nese Erol; Maria Forns; Helga Hannesdottir; Yasuko Kanbayashi; Michael C. Lambert; Patrick Leung; Asghar Minaei; Mesfin S. Mulatu; Torunn Novik; Kyung Ja Oh; Alexandra Roussos; Michael Sawyer; Zeynep Simsek; Hans-Christoph St...; Sheila Weintraub; Christa Winkler M...; Tomasz Wolanczyk; Nelly Zilber; Rita Zukauskiene; Frank C. Verhulst
• Keywords: Child Behavior Checklist; CBCL

As a basis for theories of psychopathology, clinical psychology and related disciplines need sound taxonomies that are generalizable across diverse populations. To test the generalizability statistically derived 8-syndrome taxonomic model youth confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) were performed on Youth Self-Report (T. M. Achenbach & L. A. Rescorla, 2001) completed by 30,243 youths 11-18 years old from 23 societies. The met criteria good fit to data each society. This was consistent with findings parent-completed Child Behavior Checklist (Achenbach teacher-completed Teacher's Report Form many Separate CFAs gender age group supported boys girls younger older within individual provide initial support very societies, both genders, 2 groups.