A Psychometric Analysis and Standardization of the Behavior Assessment System for Children-2, Self-Report of Personality, College Version, Among a Korean Sample

The present study was the first to examine the psychometric properties of the Korean version of the Behavior Assessment System for Children-2, Self-Report of Personality, College Version (K-BASC-2 SRP-COL), among a Korean national sample. Using 1,000 Korean college students, ages 18 to 25 years, we found support for the reliability (via internal consistency and test-retest correlations) of all subscale and composite scores. The Anxiety, Depression, Somatization, Alcohol Abuse, Inattention, and Hyperactivity subscales of the K-BASC-2 SRP-COL also demonstrated strong convergent validity statistics with criterion measures of related constructs. The present study was also the second study to examine the factor structure of the BASC-2 SRP-COL, and our confirmatory factor analyses revealed good model fit associated with all 16 subscales. Together, these results revealed strong psychometric properties of the K-BASC-2 SRP-COL for use among college students in Korea. We also provided normative data based on this nationally representative sample of 1,000 Korean college students collected from 30 different Korean universities to allow for t score generation to increase the clinical utility and scale score interpretations of this multidimensional measure.