The DSM Affective Problems and Anxiety Problems scales were selected for analyses. These scales were derived based on items that reflect DSM symptoms of depression and anxiety disorders. The Affective Problems scale is comprised of 13 items, including symptoms such as sadness, sleep problems, and feelings of worthlessness. The Anxiety Problems scale includes 6 items assessing symptoms such as nervousness, fears, and worries. The DSM-oriented scales have demonstrated strong test-retest reliability, internal consistency, and cross-informant agreement (Achenbach et al. 2003), and good convergent and divergent validity (Nakamura et al. 2009). These scales are correlated with diagnoses targeted by each DSM scale (Ebesutani et al. 2010), and the Anxiety and Affective Problems scales have predicted their target diagnoses (Ferdinand 2008). Internal consistency reliability for the current sample was α = .71 for the CBCL Affective Problems scale; α = .64 for the CBCL Anxiety Problems scale; α = .78 for the YSR Affective Problems scale; and α = .71 for the YSR Anxiety Problems scale.
