title: Behavior problems in young children: an analysis of cross-informant agreements and disagreements.
abstract: This study examined (a) convergence between parents' and day care teachers' ratings of children's behavior problems, and (b) whether agreements and disagreements were associated with characteristics of the informant, context, or measures. Parents of 241, 2-4-year old children in day care centers serving low-income families completed measures of child behavior problems, parenting style, stress, depression, and self-efficacy. Teachers completed a measure of classroom behavior problems. There was a low correlation between parents' and teachers' ratings of child behavior (r=.17), and few children (2.5%) received high behavior problem scores from both parents and teachers. Cross-informant agreement on high behavior problem children was related to characteristics of the informants and home context. Implications for identifying children at risk are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Rush University College of Nursing, 600 South Paulina Avenue, Suite 1080, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gross
authors.forename: Louis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fogg
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Garvey
authors.forename: Wrenetha
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Julion
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000208:ethnology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001294:Attitude to Health; D015982:Bias; D002641:Chicago; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D002656:Child Day Care Centers; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D005178:Faculty; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000208:ethnology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011204:Poverty Areas; D012307:Risk Factors; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards; D044465:White People / Q000208:ethnology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data