Title of article :
Are Discrepancies Among Child, Mother, and Father Reports
on Children’s Behavior Related to Parents’ Psychological
Symptoms and Aspects of Parent–Child Relationships?
Author/Authors :
Christina M. Treutler، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
دوماهنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2003
Abstract :
Examined whether parents’ symptoms and qualitative and quantitative aspects of parent–child relationships
make unique contributions to mothers’ and fathers’ reports of, and mother–child, father–
child, and father–mother discrepancies on, children’s behavior. Participants were 100 children, aged
10–12, and their mothers and fathers. Parents’ symptoms and parent–child relationships made unique
contributions to both parents’ ratings of externalizing behavior. Although parent–child relationship
variables were related to both parents’ ratings of internalizing behavior, only parents’ symptoms
made unique contributions. On mother–child and father–child discrepancies, differences emerged
between mother and father, and internalizing and externalizing behaviors. Both fathers’ and mothers’
symptoms contributed to father–mother discrepancies on both behavior types, with parent–child relationships
contributing unique variance to discrepancies on internalizing behavior. Results highlight
the importance of each informant’s symptoms and relationship variables in understanding informant
discrepanci
Keywords :
child assessment , cross-informant agreement , Parent–child relationships
Journal title :
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
Journal title :
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology