Problems and adaptive functioning reported by adults in 17 societies

• Main Authors: Rescorla, Leslie A., Achenbach, Thomas M., Ivanova, Masha Y., Turner, Lori V., Althoff, Robert R., Árnadóttir, Hervör Alma, Au, Alma, Bellina, Monica, Caldas, J. C., Chen, Yi-Chuen, Csemy, Ladislav, da Rocha, Marina M., Decoster, Jeroen, Fontaine, Johnny R. J., Funabiki, Yasuko, Guðmundsson, Halldór S., Harder, Valerie S., Kim, Young Ah, Leung, Patrick, Ndetei, David M., Srdanovic Maraš, Jelena, Markovic, Jasminka, Oh, Kyung Ja, Samaniego, Virginia Corina, Sebre, Sandra, Silvares, Edwiges, Simulioniene, Roma, Sokoli, Elvisa, Vázquez, Natalia, Zasepa, Ewa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Psychological Association
• Subjects: adult psychopathology; ASR; self-reported problems; cross-cultural; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.1; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5; Ivanova; Iceland; Islandia
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/105116

This study tested for similarities and differences across societies in self-ratings ofproblems, personal strengths, and aspects of adaptive functioning on the Adult Self-Report (ASR) for nonclinical samples of adults ages 18 to 59 in 17 societies (N 10,197). Results indicated considerable consistenc...