Parents' and teachers' concordance with children's self-ratings of suicidality: findings from a high-risk sample.
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.
Thompson
Richard
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Juvenile Protective Association, Chicago, IL 60622, USA. rthompson@juvenile.org
Dubowitz
Howard
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English
Diana J
DJ
Nooner
Kate B
KB
Wike
Traci
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Bangdiwala
Shrikant I
SI
Runyan
Desmond K
DK
Briggs
Ernestine C
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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