ASEBA Adult Forms

The Adult Self-Report (ASR) obtains adults' self-reports of diverse aspects of adaptive functioning and problems. The Adult Behaviour Checklist (ABCL) is a parallel form for obtaining reports from people who know the adult well. Both forms are valuable for assessing adults in mental health, family therapy, forensic, conseling, medical, substance abuse and other settings.

The ASR and ABCL are especially valuable for assessing parents of children seen for mental health and family therapy services. By having parents complete ASRs to describe themselves and ABCLs to describe their partner, you obtain profiles that highlight crucial agreements and disagreements between parents' self-descriptions and other people's descriptions of their functioning. You can also compare parents' ASR and ABCL profiles with their children's ASEBA profiles.

• Adults complete the ASR to report their own adaptive functioning, problems and substance use
• People who know the adult complete the parallel ABCL
• Adaptive Functioning Scales: Friends; Spouse/Partner; Family; Job; Education
• Syndrome Scales: Anxious/Depressed; Withdrawn; Somatic Complaints; Thought Problems; Attention Problems; Aggressive Behaviour; Rule-breaking Behaviour; and intrusive
• DSM-oriented Scales: Depressive Problems; Anxiety Problems; Somatic Problems; Avoidant Personality Problems; Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Problems (Inattention and Hyperactivity/Impulsivity subcales); and Antisocial Personality Problems
• Substance Use Scales: Tobacco; Alcohol; Drugs