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Purpose
Evaluates the presence and severity of symptoms of psychological disorders and distress
Authors
William M. Reynolds, PhD
Administration Formats
Additional Details
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.
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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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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