title: Parent, teacher, and hospital staff evaluations of severely disturbed children.
abstract: Evaluations of parents, teachers, and hospital staff were compared using measures of deviance, improvement, and outcomes for short-term psychiatric inpatient children. Measures were completed at inception and termination of hospitalization and at a one-year follow-up. Evaluations by parents and community teachers differed from those by hospital staff, and pretreatment and post-treatment evaluations reliably predicted child functioning at home and, to a lesser extent, at school one year later.
authors.affiliation: Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Kazdin
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bass
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D011581:Psychological Tests; D013663:Teaching