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Older adult psychopathology: international comparisons of self-reports, collateral reports, and cross-informant agreement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 September 2020

L.A. Rescorla ,
M.Y. Ivanova ,
T.M. Achenbach ,
Vera Almeida ,
Meltem Anafarta-Sendag ,
Ieva Bite ,
J. Carlos Caldas ,
John William Capps ,
Yi-Chuen Chen  and
Paola Colombo
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L.A. Rescorla*
Affiliation:
Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA, USA
M.Y. Ivanova
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
T.M. Achenbach
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
Vera Almeida
Affiliation:
CESPU, Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada em Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Gandra, Portugal UCIBIO/REQUIMTE, MedTec-Laboratório de Tecnologia Farmacêutica, Departamento de Ciências do Medicamento, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
Meltem Anafarta-Sendag
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Ufuk University, Ankara, Turkey
Ieva Bite
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
J. Carlos Caldas
Affiliation:
CESPU, Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada em Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Gandra, Portugal CINTESIS – Center for Health Technology and Services Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
John William Capps
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA
Yi-Chuen Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan
Paola Colombo
Affiliation:
Scientific Institute IRCCS E. Medea, Child Psychopathology Unit, Bosisio Parini, Italy
Margareth da Silva Oliveira
Affiliation:
Faculty of Psychology, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Anca Dobrean
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Nese Erol
Affiliation:
Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Ankara University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Alessandra Frigerio
Affiliation:
Scientific Institute IRCCS E. Medea, Child Psychopathology Unit, Bosisio Parini, Italy
Yasuko Funabiki
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Reda Gedutienė
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Klaipėda University, Klaipėda, Lithuania
Halldór S. Guðmundsson
Affiliation:
Faculty of Social Work, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland
Min Quan Heo
Affiliation:
Neuroscience and Behavioral Disorders Programme, Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
Young Ah Kim
Affiliation:
Huno Inc., Seoul, Republic of Korea
Tih-Shih Lee
Affiliation:
Neuroscience and Behavioral Disorders Programme, Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School, Singapore, Singapore
Manuela Leite
Affiliation:
CESPU, Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada em Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Gandra, Portugal
Jianghong Liu
Affiliation:
Department of Family and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Jasminka Markovic
Affiliation:
Private Practice, Novi Sad, Serbia
Monika Misiec
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Academia Pedagogiki Specjalnej, University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland
Marcus Müller
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
Kyung Ja Oh
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Verónica Portillo-Reyes
Affiliation:
Departamento de Psicología, Universidad Autónoma de Cuidad Juárez, Cuidad Juárez, Mexico
Wolfgang Retz
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany Institute for Forensic Psychology and Psychiatry, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany
Sandra B. Sebre
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
Shupeng Shi
Affiliation:
Department of Family and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Sigurveig H. Sigurðardóttir
Affiliation:
Faculty of Social Work, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland
Roma Šimulionienė
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Klaipėda University, Klaipėda, Lithuania
Elvisa Sokoli
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania
Dragana Milijasevic
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Institute of Public Health of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia
Ewa Zasępa
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Academia Pedagogiki Specjalnej, University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Leslie A. Rescorla, Department of Psychology, Bryn Mawr College, 101 N. Merion Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA19010, USA. Phone: +1 610 526 7318. Email: [email protected].
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Abstract

Objectives:

To conduct international comparisons of self-reports, collateral reports, and cross-informant agreement regarding older adult psychopathology.

Participants:

We compared self-ratings of problems (e.g. I cry a lot) and personal strengths (e.g. I like to help others) for 10,686 adults aged 60–102 years from 19 societies and collateral ratings for 7,065 of these adults from 12 societies.

Measurements:

Data were obtained via the Older Adult Self-Report (OASR) and the Older Adult Behavior Checklist (OABCL; Achenbach et al., 2004).

Results:

Cronbach’s alphas were .76 (OASR) and .80 (OABCL) averaged across societies. Across societies, 27 of the 30 problem items with the highest mean ratings and 28 of the 30 items with the lowest mean ratings were the same on the OASR and the OABCL. Q correlations between the means of the 0–1–2 ratings for the 113 problem items averaged across all pairs of societies yielded means of .77 (OASR) and .78 (OABCL). For the OASR and OABCL, respectively, analyses of variance (ANOVAs) yielded effect sizes (ESs) for society of 15% and 18% for Total Problems and 42% and 31% for Personal Strengths, respectively. For 5,584 cross-informant dyads in 12 societies, cross-informant correlations averaged across societies were .68 for Total Problems and .58 for Personal Strengths. Mixed-model ANOVAs yielded large effects for society on both Total Problems (ES = 17%) and Personal Strengths (ES = 36%).

Conclusions:

The OASR and OABCL are efficient, low-cost, easily administered mental health assessments that can be used internationally to screen for many problems and strengths.

Keywords

OASR/OABCLmental health assessmentmulticulturalinternational
Type
Original Research Article
Information
International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 34 , Special Issue 5: Issue Theme: Advances in Assessment of Psychopathology , May 2022 , pp. 467 - 478
Copyright
© International Psychogeriatric Association 2020

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