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Psychopathology in Dutch young adults: enduring or changeable?

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This study reports on stability and change in emotional and behavioral problems in young adults over a 2-year time span. A sample of 528 18- to 22-year-olds from the general population was assessed using the Young Adult Self-Report (YASR) on two occasions. Stability coefficients for the total problem score of the YASR were 0.63 for males and 0.75 for females. Forty-nine percent of the subjects who were initially classified as deviant were still deviant at follow-up. Of all YASR syndromes, the highest stability was for the Anxious/Depressed scale.

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  1. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Sophia Children's Hospital/Erasmus University Rotterdam, Dr. Molewaterplein 60, NL-3015 GJ, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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Verhulst, F.C., Ferdinand, R.F. Psychopathology in Dutch young adults: enduring or changeable?. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 30, 60–64 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00794943

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