title: Parent-youth agreement on self-reported competencies of youth with depressive and suicidal symptoms.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  A multi-informant approach is often used in child psychiatry. The Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment uses this approach, gathering parent reports on the Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL) and youth reports on the Youth Self-Report (YSR), which contain scales assessing both the child's problems and competencies. Agreement between parent and youth perceptions of their competencies on these forms has not been studied to date.
  
  
  METHODS
  Our study examined the parent-youth agreement of competencies on the CBCL and YSR from a sample of 258 parent-youth dyads referred to a specialized outpatient clinic for depressive and suicidal disorders. Intraclass correlation coefficients were calculated for all competency scales (activity, social, and academic), with further examinations based on youth's sex, age, and type of problem.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Weak-to-moderate parent-youth agreements were reported on the activities and social subscales. For the activities subscale, boys' ratings had a strong correlation with parents' ratings, while it was weak for girls. Also, agreement on activities and social subscales was stronger for dyads with the youth presenting externalizing instead of internalizing problems.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Agreement on competencies between parents and adolescents varied based on competency and adolescent sex, age, and type of problem.
authors.affiliation: Psychologist, Standard Life Centre for Breakthroughs in Teen Depression and Suicide Prevention, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, Québec.
authors.forename: Valentin
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mbekou
authors.affiliation: Student, Psychology Department, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec; Research Assistant, Standard Life Centre for Breakthroughs in Teen Depression and Suicide Prevention, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, Québec.
authors.forename: Sasha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Macneil
authors.affiliation: Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Philippe Pinel Institute, Montréal, Québec.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gignac
authors.affiliation: Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Standard Life Centre for Breakthroughs in Teen Depression and Suicide Prevention, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montréal, Québec; Medical Chief, McGill Group for Suicide Studies, McGill University, Montréal, Québec.
authors.forename: Johanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Renaud
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D057566:Self Report / Q000592:standards*; D012737:Sex Factors; D059020:Suicidal Ideation