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ArticleBehavior genetics2020

A Comparison of the ASEBA Adult Self Report (ASR) and the Brief Problem Monitor (BPM/18-59).

Lianne P de Vries, Margot P van de Weijer, Lannie Ligthart, Gonneke Willemsen, Conor V Dolan, Dorret I Boomsma, Bart M L Baselmans, Meike Bartels

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Article in Behavior genetics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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8 authors.

Lianne P de VriesDepartment of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. l.p.de.vries@vu.nl.ORCID 0000-0002-4643-6200
Margot P van de WeijerDepartment of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Lannie LigthartDepartment of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Gonneke WillemsenDepartment of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Conor V DolanDepartment of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Dorret I BoomsmaDepartment of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Bart M L BaselmansInstitute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Meike BartelsDepartment of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Funding

EPA EP-C-15-001European Research Council 771057Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek 480-15-001/674ZonMw 31160008
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The adult self report (ASR) is a well-validated instrument with multiple scales relating to adult psychopathology. Recently, an 18-item version has been introduced, the brief problem monitor (BPM) to measure Internalizing behavior (INT), Externalizing behavior (EXT), and attention problems (ATT). The present study compared the BPM and ASR and investigated how well the BPM can serve as a supplement or an alternative for the ASR for specific clinical and scientific purposes. In a large sample of adult twins (N = 9.835) from the Netherlands Twin Register (NTR), we compared the internal consistency, clinical classification concordance, means, and variances of the ASR and BPM. Using the classical twin design, we investigated the genetic covariance structure. For external validation, the associations between subjective well-being and different subscales of the ASR and BPM were compared. The internal consistency of the BPM scales (around α = 0.75) was somewhat lower than the ASR (α ~ 0.85). The BPM Externalizing scale showed the lowest internal consistency (α = 0.63). ASR and BPM scores showed good clinical classification concordance (0.61-0.80) and high correlations (r > 0.88). A small reversed sex difference in the BPM Externalizing scale appeared (women > men). Genetic (0.34-0.54) and environmental components (0.46-0.66) explained the variance to a similar extent for the ASR and BPM. The phenotypic and genetic associations with well-being were comparable. In situations where sum scores are sufficient, the BPM performs as well as the longer ASR. Depending on the situation and goal, it is worth considering the BPM as an alternative for the ASR to reduce the participant burden.

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Monitoring, PhysiologicSelf ReportAdolescentAdultFemaleHumansMaleSurveys and QuestionnairesTwinsASEBAAttention problemsClassical twin designExternalizing problemsInternalizing problemsPsychopathologyQuestionnaires

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PMID32419065
PMCPMC7441087

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