title: Determinants of multiple informant agreement on child and adolescent behavior.
abstract: This study examined whether characteristics of behavioral items reported by parent and child are related to parent-child agreement. Data were collected from 20 judges rating 59 child behaviors on 11 dimensions hypothesized to affect parent-child agreement. Data from 675 parent-child dyads (85% female caregivers, 62% male children, aged 7-17) reporting on 59 child behaviors were used to examine agreement. Behavior characteristics accounted for 43% of variability in parent-child agreement. Three components, saliency to the parent, saliency to the child, and observability/willingness to report, contributed uniquely to prediction of agreement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620, USA. mkarver@chuma1.cas.usf.edu
authors.forename: Marc Stuart
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Karver
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015588:Observer Variation; D010290:Parents; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*