Abstract：
The ability to quantify within-person changes in mental health is central to the mission of clinical psychology. Typically, this is done using total or mean scores on symptom measures; however, this approach assumes that measures quantify the same construct, the same way, each time the measure is completed. Without this quality, termed longitudinal measurement invariance, an observed difference between timepoints might be partially attributable to changing measurement properties rather than changes in comparable symptom measurements. This concern is amplified in research using different forms of a measure across developmental periods due to potential differences in reporting styles, item-wording, and developmental context. This study provides the strongest support for the longitudinal measurement invariance of the Anxiety Scale, Depression/Affective Problems: Cognitive Subscale, and the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Scale; moderate support for the Depression/Affective Problems Scale and the Somatic Scale, and poor support for the Depression/Affective Problems: Somatic Symptoms Subscale of the Dutch Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment Youth Self-Report and Adult Self-Report in a sample of 1,309 individuals (N = 1,090 population-based, N = 219 clinic-based/referred to an outpatient clinic before age 11 years) across six waves of data (mean ages = 11 years at Wave 1 and 26 years at Wave 6).
摘要：
量化人内心理健康变化的能力是临床心理学使命的核心。通常,这是使用症状测量的总分或平均分来完成的；然而，这种方法假设度量量化了相同的结构，同样的方式,每次测量完成时。没有这种品质,称为纵向测量不变性，观察到的时间点之间的差异可能部分归因于测量特性的变化,而不是可比症状测量的变化.由于报告风格的潜在差异，这种担忧在研究中被放大，使用不同形式的测量跨发育期。项目措辞，和发展背景。本研究为焦虑量表的纵向测量不变性提供了最有力的支持,抑郁/情感问题：认知分量表，注意缺陷多动障碍（ADHD）量表；适度支持抑郁/情感问题量表和躯体量表，对抑郁/情感问题的支持不足：荷兰Achenbach基于经验的评估系统的躯体症状量表青年自我报告和成人自我报告，样本为1,309个人（N=1,090人群，在6波数据中，N=219基于诊所的/在11岁之前转诊到门诊诊所）（第1波中的平均年龄=11岁，第6波中的平均年龄=26岁）。
