Reynolds, W.M.

Cost to use

APS Introductory kit with CD-ROM costs $450.00 and includes the CD-ROM scoring program, 25 test booklets, the Quick Start Guide, Administration and Interpretation Manual, and Psychometric and Technical Manual. Components of the kit may be purchased individually as well:

• CD-ROM: $250.00
• Administration and Interpretation Manual: $72.00
• Psychometric and Technical Manual: $70.00
• 25 Test Booklets: $66.00

A kit for the APS-SF (short form) is also available from the same publisher for $290.00 and includes the CD-ROM, Professional Manual, Quick Start Guide, and 25 test booklets. Individual items include:

• 25 APS-SF test booklets: $56.00
• APS-SF Professional Manual (Qualification Level B): $76.00

All prices are in US dollars and are accurate as of 2014.

PAR, Inc.
P16204 North Florida Avenue
Lutz, FL
33549
Phone: 1-800-331-8378
Fax: 1-813-449-4065
www.parinc.com

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APS Introductory kit with CD-ROM costs $450.00 and includes the CD-ROM scoring program, 25 test booklets, the Quick Start Guide, Administration and Interpretation Manual, and Psychometric and Technical Manual. Components of the kit may be purchased individually as well:

• CD-ROM: $250.00
• Administration and Interpretation Manual: $72.00
• Psychometric and Technical Manual: $70.00
• 25 Test Booklets: $66.00

A kit for the APS-SF (short form) is also available from the same publisher for $290.00 and includes the CD-ROM, Professional Manual, Quick Start Guide, and 25 test booklets. Individual items include:

• 25 APS-SF test booklets: $56.00
• APS-SF Professional Manual (Qualification Level B): $76.00

All prices are in US dollars and are accurate as of 2014.

1998

Normal (APS) and Short form (APS-SF).

Primary: General mental health assessment
Secondary: None identified

Clinical disorders, personality disorders, psychosocial problems.

Assessment of psychological and psychosocial distress and disorders in adolescents. It is NOT meant to be a diagnostic tool by itself.

As a measure of psychological distress across multiple areas.
As a screening tool for 20 different clinical disorders, 5 personality disorders, and 11 psychosocial problem areas.
To provide an indication of severity of psychological symptoms.

Adolescents and adults ages 12 to 19.

All validity information is from the author's study.

Self-report.

Adolescent or adult being assessed.

The APS contains 346 items. The APS-SF contains 115.

There are three broad disorder-problem domains: Clinical disorders (20 scales), Personality disorders (5 scales), and Psychosocial problem (11 scales). There are also 4 response style indicator scales.

Multiple. Most are rated on a three-point Likert scale, from “never or almost never” to “nearly all the time”. Others are true/false. Others are in relation to time periods in which behaviours might have occurred (“never”, “once or twice a week”, or “three or more times a week”).

45-60 minutes.

None (self-report).

Computer scored. Scoring and interpretation of the APS requires the qualification level C, which necessitates a doctorate degree in psychology, education, or closely related field with the necessary formal training, or the appropriate license and certification. The APS-SF (short form) requires a qualification level B, which necessitates a Master's degree in psychology or a related field, or licensing/certification in a profession that requires appropriate training and experience in psychological testing.

1,827 adolescents drawn from schools and 506 adolescents from mental health clinics. Group norms are available for gender, age, and gender-by-age groups.

Author reports internal consistency reliabilities ranging from 0.71-0.95. The short form has internal consistencies ranging from 0.73-0.89, and test-retest correlations of .48-.75 (with the exception of the consistency of response subscale, which had a correlation of 0.11).

Author reports extensive concurrent validity. Shows good discriminative validity (i.e., can reliably differentiate between clinical and non-clinical samples).

Cost to use

APS Introductory kit with CD-ROM costs $450.00 and includes the CD-ROM scoring program, 25 test booklets, the Quick Start Guide, Administration and Interpretation Manual, and Psychometric and Technical Manual. Components of the kit may be purchased individually as well:

• CD-ROM: $250.00
• Administration and Interpretation Manual: $72.00
• Psychometric and Technical Manual: $70.00
• 25 Test Booklets: $66.00

A kit for the APS-SF (short form) is also available from the same publisher for $290.00 and includes the CD-ROM, Professional Manual, Quick Start Guide, and 25 test booklets. Individual items include:

• 25 APS-SF test booklets: $56.00
• APS-SF Professional Manual (Qualification Level B): $76.00

All prices are in US dollars and are accurate as of 2014.

PAR, Inc.
P16204 North Florida Avenue
Lutz, FL
33549
Phone: 1-800-331-8378
Fax: 1-813-449-4065
www.parinc.com

APS: Adolescent Psychopathology Scale (webpage)

Bickel, R., & Campbell, A. (2002). Mental health of adolescents in custody: The use of the 'Adolescent Psychopathology Scale' in a Tasmanian context. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 36, 603-609.

Lemos, I.T., Faísca, L.M., & Valadas, S.T. (2011). Assessment of psychopathological problems in the school context: the psychometric properties of a Portuguese version of the Adolescent Psychopathology Scale – Short Form. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 29(1), 63-74.

Merrell, K.W. (2003). Behavioral, Social, and Emotional Assessment of Children and Adolescents. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. pp. 174-177.

Reynolds, W.M. (1998). Adolescent Psychopathology Scale. Minneapolis, MN: Psychological Assessment Resources.

Robertson, A.A., Dill, P.L., Husain, J., & Undesser, C. (2004). Prevalence of mental illness and substance abuse disorders among incarcerated juvenile offenders in Mississippi. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 35(1), 55-74.