Deck 10: Assessing Children and Adolescents: Self-Report and Adult Perspectives

Question 1

Which of the following questionnaires is part of the Achenbach System for Empirically Based Assessment?

A) Youth Self-Report
B) Child Behavior Checklist
C) Teacher Report Form
D) All of the above.

Answer 1

All of the above.

Question 2

Which of the following Youth Self-Report scales is aligned with DSM-IV criteria for depression?

A) Withdrawn/depressed
B) Anxious/depressed
C) Internalizing
D) None of the above

Answer 2

None of the above

Question 3

A strength of the Youth Self-Report is its:

A) Validity scales
B) Cross-cultural utility for identifying emotional and behavioral problems in youth
C) All of its scales have been revised to be aligned with DSM-IV disorders
D) It has an interview version for children ages 5 to 9.

Answer 3

Cross-cultural utility for identifying emotional and behavioral problems in youth

Question 4

The Personality Inventory for Youth is a useful screening and diagnostic instrument despite lacking:

A) Strength based competency scales
B) A computer scoring system
C) Validity Scales
D) Scales for assessing interpersonal and family problems

Question 5

Which of the following questionnaires was based on child development theory?

A) Self-Report of Personality
B) Clinical Assessment of Behavior
C) Conners' Rating Scales
D) None of the above

Question 6

A culturally sensitive approach to using child self-report questionnaires involves:

A) Only those questionnaires that have multiple language versions
B) Discontinuing the use of questionnaires if the parent and child speak different languages
C) Recognizing that questionnaires with representative norms may not be valid for certain groups
D) Becoming an expert on cultural practices and belief systems

Question 7

An advantage of the BASC-2 system is that it contains:

A) Parallel child, parent, and teacher versions
B) Both validity and adaptive functioning scales
C) A list of critical items
D) All of the above

Question 8

A counselor was concerned about an elementary school child's anxiety and behaviors that the counselor thought might be anxiety related. She would get the most comprehensive assessment of the child's anxiety by using:

A) Conners' Rating Scale Revised
B) Personality Inventory for Youth
C) Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children
D) All of the above

Question 9

A counselor concerned about the possibility that a nine year old child might have an attention deficit disorder would benefit from using any of the following tests except for:

A) Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)
B) Conners' Rating Scale Revised
C) Multidimensional Attention Scale for ADHD
D) Clinical Assessment of Behavior

Question 10

The assessment that has the strongest cross-cultural research base and cross-cultural validity is the:

A) BASC-2
B) Children's Depression Inventory
C) Youth Self-Report
D) Personality Inventory for Children

Question 11

The Self-Report of Personality would be a useful assessment tool to use if a counselor was interested in measuring a child's:

A) Stress, self-esteem, and attitude to school
B) Attitude to school, relations with siblings, and resiliency
C) Social Stress, emotional regulation, and emotional maturity
D) Emotional maturity, relationships with grandparents, and school functioning

Question 12

If a counselor want to have an assessment method for comparing a child's perception of self with a teacher's perception of the child then which method would be advantageous to use?

A) BASC-2
B) Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children
C) Personality Inventory For Youth
D) Clinical Assessment of Behavior

Question 13

One limitation of the Conners' Rating Scale Revised is that it:

A) Does not assess for depression symptoms
B) Does not assess for school based behavior problems
C) Lacks parallel parent and teacher versions
D) Does not assess for attention problems in children

Question 14

An advantage of the BASC-2 Parent Rating Scales is that they:

A) Can be used with pre-school children
B) Can assess adaptive functioning in children
C) (a) and (b)
D) Can assess be used to assess Autism Spectrum Disorders because of the observational feature built into the scale

Question 15

One limitation of the ASEBA CBCL and TRF is that they both:

A) Have different response formats
B) Minimally assess social competencies in youth
C) Minimally assess externalizing behaviors
D) Only assess internalizing behaviors

Question 16

What are the similarities and differences between the Youth Self-Report and the Self-Report of Personality?

Question 17

What are three different teacher rating scales?

Question 18

What are the advantages and limitations of the Personality For Youth?

Question 19

How would you interpret T scores at or above 65 on the YSR?

Question 20

If you thought a child might have an Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder which standardized measure(s) would you use to clarify that diagnosis and why would you select that measure(s)?