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Adolescents' self-reported problems as predictors or psychopathology in adulthood: 10-year follow-up study
- Authors:
- HOFSTRA Marijke B., VAN DER ENDE Jan, VERHULST Frank C.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 179, September 2001, pp.203-209.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Knowledge of the course of psychopathology from adolescence into adulthood is needed to answer questions concerning origins and prognosis of psychopathology across a wide age range. This article investigates the 10-year course and predictive value of self-reported problems in adolescence in relation to psychopathology in adulthood. Subjects from the general population in the Netherlands aged 11-19 years, were assessed with the Youth Self-Report (YSR) at initial assessment, and with the Young Adult Self-Report (YASR), the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) and three sections of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS) 10 years later. Of the subjects with deviant YSR total problem scores, 23% (males) and 22% (females) had deviant YASR total problem scores at follow-up. Subjects with initial deviant YSR total problem, internalising and externalising scores had higher prevalences of DSM-IV diagnoses at follow-up. Concludes that adolescent problems tended to persist into adulthood to a moderate degree. High rates of problems during adolescence are risk factors for psychiatric disorders in adulthood.