Are children reliable reporters?
Fifty children, ranging in age from 6 to 16 years, and their mothers were interviewed using the same structured interview, which in its content follows the usual psychiatric examination of a child. Their answers were compared and it was found that there was an 80% average agreement on all questions. The agreement (between child and parent) was highest on questions relating to factual information (84%) and the agreement (between child's interviewer and parent) was lowest in the section dealing with mental status (69%). Girls were more reliable informants than boys.
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D003192:Compulsive Behavior / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006167:Guilt; D006801:Humans; D007175:Impulsive Behavior / Q000175:diagnosis; D007360:Intelligence; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D012649:Self Concept; D012650:Self Disclosure; D012737:Sex Factors