APS™

Adolescent Psychopathology Scale™

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Purpose

Evaluates the presence and severity of symptoms of psychological disorders and distress

Authors

William M. Reynolds, PhD

Administration Formats

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Digital

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Assess for Substance Abuse, Suicidal Behavior, Emotional Lability, Anger, Aggression, Alienation, and Introversion in Teens

The APS empirically assesses the severity of symptoms associated with specific DSM-IV™ clinical and personality disorders.  The APS short form, ideal for screening, is also available.

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Features and benefits

  • A multidimensional self-report instrument.
  • Assesses other psychological problems and behaviors that may interfere with an adolescent’s psychological adaptation and personal competence, including substance abuse, suicidal behavior, emotional lability, excessive anger, aggression, alienation, and introversion.
  • APS scores represent the severity of disorder-specific symptomatology evaluated across different time periods. This close match between APS item content and DSM-IV criteria enhances clinical utility and facilitates ease of interpretation.
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Age Range 12 years to 19 years
Admin Time 45–60 minutes
Qualification Level C

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APS Digital Kit

Includes 25 i-Admins and 25 Score Reports.

Learn more about e-Manuals and e-Stimulus Books. Each are limited to a single user and device.

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Test structure

  • Measures three broad disorder-problem domains: Clinical Disorders (20 scales), Personality Disorders (five scales), and Psychosocial Problem Content areas (11 scales). The Response Style Indicator scales (four scales) include indexes of response consistency and infrequency, response veracity, and unusual endorsement propensities.
  • Score using PARiConnect. The report includes a summary of APS scale elevations, a score summary table, a profile, a critical items summary form, and an item response summary table.

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