Syndromes of Self-Reported Psychopathology for Ages 18–59 in 29 Societies

Fil: Ivanova, Masha Y. University of Vermont; Estados Unidos Fil: Achenbach, Thomas M. University of Vermont; Estados Unidos Fil: Rescorla, Leslie A. Bryn Mawr College. Department of Psychology; Estados Unidos Fil: Tumer, Lori V. University of Vermont; Estados Unidos Fil: Ahmeti-Pronaj, Adelina. University Clinical Center of Kosova. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Kosovo Fil: Au, Alma. Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Department of Applied Social Sciences; China Fil: Maese, Carmen Ávila. El Colegio de Chihuahua; México Fil: Bellina, Mónica. Eugenio Medea Scientific Institute. Department of Child Psychiatry; Italia Fil: Caldas, J. Carlos. Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde. Departamento de Ciências Sociais e do Comportamento; Brasil Fil: Chen, Yi Chuen. National Chung Cheng University. Department of Psychology; Taiwan Fil: Csemy, Ladislav. Laboratory of Social Psychiatry. Prague Psychiatric Centre; República Checa Fil: da Rocha, Marina M. University Paulista. Institute of Human Sciences; Brasil Fil: Decoster, Jeroen. Ghent University. Department of Personnel Management, Work, and Organizational Psychology; Bélgica Fil: Dobrean, Anca. Babes-Bolyai University; Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy; Rumania Fil: Ezpeleta, Lourdes. Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicologia Clinica i de la Salut; España Fil: Fontaine, Johnny R. J. Ghent University. Department of Personnel Management, Work, and Organizational Psychology; Bélgica Fil: Funabiki, Yasuko. Kyoto University Hospital. Department of Psychiatry; Japón Fil: Gudmundsson, Halldór S. University of Iceland. Faculty of Social Work; Islandia Fil: Harder, Valerie S. University of Vermont; Estados Unidos Fil: de la Cabada, Marie Leiner. Texas Tech University Health Sciences. Department of Pediatrics; Estados Unidos Fil: Leung, Patrick. The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Department of Psychology; China Fil: Liu, Jianghong. University of Pennsylvania. School of Nursing and Medicine; Estados Unidos Fil: Mahr, Safia. Université Paris Ouest Nanterre la Défense. Laboratoire EVACLIPSY. Departement de Psychologie; Francia Fil: Malykh, Sergey. Psychological Institute of Russian Academy of Education; Rusia Fil: Maras, Jelena Srdanovic. Clinical Center of Vojvodina; Serbia Fil: Marković, Jasminka. University of Novi Sad. Medical Faculty Novi Sad, Clinical Center of Vojvodina; Serbia Fil: Ndetei, David M. Africa Mental Health Foundation; Kenia Fil: Oh, Kyung Ja. Yonsei University. Department of Psychology; Corea del Sur Fil: Petot, Jean-Michel. Université de Paris Ouest. Laboratoire EVACLIPSY. Departement de Psychologie; Francia Fil: Riad, Geylan. Helwan University; Egipto Fil: Sakarya, Direnc. Ankara University. Faculty of Medicine. Department of Psychiatry; Turquía Fil: Samaniego, Virginia Corina. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Psicología y Psicopedagogía; Argentina Fil: Sebre, Sandra. University of Latvia. Department of Psychology; Letonia Fil: Shahini, Mimoza. University Clinical Center of Kosova. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Kosovo Fil: Silvares, Edwiges Ferreira de Mattos. University of São Paulo. Instituto de Psicologia; Brasil Fil: Šimulionienė, Roma. Klaipeda University. Department of Psychology; Lituania Fil: Sokoli, Elvisa. University of Tirana. Department of Psychology; Albania Fil: Aston University. School of Life and Health Sciences. Aston Brain Centre; Inglaterra Fil: Vázquez, Natalia. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Psicología y Psicopedagogía; Argentina Fil: Zasępa, Ewa. The Maria Grzegorzewska Academy of Special Education; Polonia Abstract: This study tested the multi-society generalizability of an eight-syndrome assessment model derived from factor analyses of American adults' self-ratings of 120 behavioral, emotional, and social problems. The Adult Self-Report (ASR; Achenbach and Rescorla 2003) was completed by 17,152 18-59-year-olds in 29 societies. Confirmatory factor analyses tested the fit of self-ratings in each sample to the eight-syndrome model. The primary model fit index (Root Mean Square Error of Approximation) showed good model fit for all samples, while secondary indices showed acceptable to good fit. Only 5 (0.06%) of the 8,598 estimated parameters were outside the admissible parameter space. Confidence intervals indicated that sampling fluctuations could account for the deviant parameters. Results thus supported the tested model in societies differing widely in social, political, and economic systems, languages, ethnicities, religions, and geographical regions. Although other items, societies, and analytic methods might yield different results, the findings indicate that adults in very diverse societies were willing and able to rate themselves on the same standardized set of 120 problem items. Moreover, their self-ratings fit an eight-syndrome model previously derived from self-ratings by American adults. The support for the statistically derived syndrome model is consistent with previous findings for parent, teacher, and self-ratings of 1½-18-year-olds in many societies. The ASR and its parallel collateral-report instrument, the Adult Behavior Checklist (ABCL), may offer mental health professionals practical tools for the multi-informant assessment of clinical constructs of adult psychopathology that appear to be meaningful across diverse societies.