CROSS-CULTURAL GENERALIZABILITY OF THE YOUTH SELF-REPORT AND TEACHERSREPORT FORM CROSS-INFORMANT SYNDROMES

Exploratory factor analyses on 569 Youth Self-Reports and 1,221 Teache r's Report Forms of clinically referred Dutch children revealed sh and eight factors respectively, very similar to the eight YSR and TRF cro ss-informant syndromes derived by Achenbach (1991c, 1991d). Mean cross -cultural correlations were .89 for YSR syndromes and .95 for TRF synd romes In confirmatory factor analyses of the Dutch and American YSR an d TRF factor models in cross-validation samples of 570 YSRs and 1,221 TRFs, goodness-of-fit indices were only slightly better for Dutch fact or models. The American cross-informant Social Problems and Attention Problems syndromes had the poorest fit. The application of the eight A merican cross-informant syndromes to Dutch self- and teacher reports w as supported.