TY - JOUR
T1 - Child Psychopathology Rating Scales and Interrater Agreement
T2 - II. Child and Family Characteristics
AU - JENSEN, PETER S.
AU - XENAKIS, STEPHEN N.
AU - DAVIS, HARRY
AU - DEGROOT, JAMES
PY - 1988
Y1 - 1988
N2 - One hundred families with a child from ages 6 to 11 from a nonclinical population were surveyed to determine the effects of child and family psychosocial and demographic characteristics on interrater agreement about children's symptoms and behavior problems. Results indicated that a significant proportion of the variance in difference scores among parent, child, and teacher reports about the child is a function of the family status (blended/previous divorce versus intact family), sex of parent and child, life stressors, the child's tendency to respond in socially desirable fashion, sibling position and family size, and familiarity of the child to the rater. Development of scales less sensitive to the effects of external, environmental, and child-related variables is needed to improve their reliability and validity and their usefulness as screening instruments in nonclinical populations. J. Am. Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry, 1988, 27, 4:451–461.
AB - One hundred families with a child from ages 6 to 11 from a nonclinical population were surveyed to determine the effects of child and family psychosocial and demographic characteristics on interrater agreement about children's symptoms and behavior problems. Results indicated that a significant proportion of the variance in difference scores among parent, child, and teacher reports about the child is a function of the family status (blended/previous divorce versus intact family), sex of parent and child, life stressors, the child's tendency to respond in socially desirable fashion, sibling position and family size, and familiarity of the child to the rater. Development of scales less sensitive to the effects of external, environmental, and child-related variables is needed to improve their reliability and validity and their usefulness as screening instruments in nonclinical populations. J. Am. Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry, 1988, 27, 4:451–461.
KW - family status
KW - interrater agreement
KW - rating scales
KW - sibling position
KW - stress
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U2 - 10.1097/00004583-198807000-00013
DO - 10.1097/00004583-198807000-00013
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 3182601
AN - SCOPUS:0023681878
SN - 0890-8567
VL - 27
SP - 451
EP - 461
JO - Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
JF - Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
IS - 4
ER -