title: Parents' and teachers' concordance with children's self-ratings of suicidality: findings from a high-risk sample.
abstract: This study examined concordance between adult and child reports of child suicidality using a sample of 1,046 8-year-old children at risk for, or having experienced, maltreatment. Concordance was low with both caregivers and teachers. For children reporting no suicidality, caregiver-child agreement was associated with few transitions in caregiver and low social withdrawal and aggression, and teacher-child agreement was associated with non-White ethnicity, good academic performance, and low thought problems. For children reporting suicidality, care-giver-child agreement was associated with perceptions of child mental health needs, aggression, and somatic complaints, and teacher-child agreement was associated with thought problems.
authors.affiliation: Juvenile Protective Association, Chicago, IL 60622, USA. rthompson@juvenile.org
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Howard
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dubowitz
authors.forename: Diana J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: English
authors.forename: Kate B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Nooner
authors.forename: Traci
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wike
authors.forename: Shrikant I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Bangdiwala
authors.forename: Desmond K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Runyan
authors.forename: Ernestine C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Briggs
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D005178:Faculty; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015588:Observer Variation; D010290:Parents; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires