title: Comparison of Parent versus Child-Report of Child Impulsivity Traits and Prediction of Outcome Variables.
abstract: Five personality traits that dispose individuals to rash or ill-advised action (i.e., sensation seeking, negative urgency, positive urgency, lack of planning, and lack of perseverance), can be reliably and validly assessed in children. This paper reports on the first test of parental reports of these traits. In a sample of 94 children (ages 7-13, mean age 10.6), the authors found the following. First, parental reports of the five traits in their children appeared to be reliable. Second, there was moderate convergent validity: parent and child reports of the same traits had a median correlation ofr= .30. Third, there was adequate discriminant validity: within-parent reports on different traits had a median correlation ofr =.11. Fourth, concurrent prediction of child behavior from parental reports generally was inconsistent with prior findings. Fifth, discrepancies between the two reporters did predict dysfunctional child behavior. There are advantages to securing both child self-report and parental report of personality dispositions to rash action, although there is limited evidence for the concurrent validity of parental reports.
authors.affiliation: University of Kentucky, Department of Psychology, 111-K Kastle Hall, Lexington, KY 40506-0044.
authors.forename: Tamika C B
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Zapolski
authors.forename: Gregory T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Smith
keywords: children; impulsivity; parent; personality; risky behavior; traits
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