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Detecting psychopathology in young adults: the Young Adult Self Report, the General Health Questionnaire and the Symptom Checklist as screening instruments
Author(s) -
Wiznitzer M.,
Verhulst F. C.,
Brink W.,
Koeter M.,
Ende J.,
Giel R.,
Koot H. M.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1992.tb03221.x
Subject(s) - general health questionnaire , psychopathology , checklist , young adult , referral , psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , psychometrics , longitudinal study , medicine , mental health , developmental psychology , family medicine , pathology , cognitive psychology
This study compares the screening capacity of an age‐adjusted child‐oriented questionnaire, the Young Adult Self Report (YASR) with two adult‐oriented questionnaires, the General Health Questionnaire‐28 (GHQ‐28) and Symptom Checklist‐90 (SCL‐90) in a sample of young adults (18–25 years). The YASR performed just as well as the SCL‐90 and both performed better than the GHQ‐28. The relatively poor performance of the GHQ‐28 compared with the YASR and SCL‐90 could not be attributed to instrument characteristics or to the use of referral status as indicator of psychopathology. In assessing psychopathology in young adults an age‐adjusted child‐oriented instrument might be a good alternative to the existing adult‐oriented instruments, especially when one takes into account the problem of data comparability over time in longitudinal studies in which children are followed into adulthood.