Effects of individual differences, society, and culture on youth-rated problems and strengths in 38 societies

Ivanova, Masha Y; Achenbach, Thomas M; Turner, Lori; et al; Metzke, Christa Winkler

doi:10.1111/jcpp.13569

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Ivanova, M. Y., Achenbach, T. M., Turner, L., et al, & Metzke, C. W. (2022). Effects of individual differences, society, and culture on youth-rated problems and strengths in 38 societies. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 63(11), 1297–1307. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13569

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Clinicians increasingly serve youths from societal/cultural backgrounds different from their own. This raises questions about how to interpret what such youths report. Rescorla et al. (2019, European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 28, 1107) found that much more variance in 72,493 parents' ratings of their offspring's mental health problems was accounted for by individual differences than by societal or cultural differences. Although parents' reports are essential for clinical assessment of their offspring, they reflect par