title: Do Parents and Overweight, Treatment-Seeking Youth Provide Similar Ratings of Youths' Psychosocial Functioning and Fatigue?
abstract: Patterns of agreement between parent and child ratings of psychosocial functioning and fatigue in children with obesity were examined. Analyses demonstrated moderate agreement for social anxiety in elementary children and small agreement for social anxiety in adolescents. Results of analyses of overall quality of life revealed small agreement in children under the age of 8, large agreement in children ages 8-12, and moderate agreement in adolescents ages 13-18. Overall ratings of fatigue demonstrated moderate agreement both in elementary children and in adolescents. A meaningful relationship was found between each factor measured by a parent and a child. Patterns which were unexpected given the existing literature were found; possible hypotheses explaining these patterns are presented; and the need for further research is highlighted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.|Department of Pediatrics, Arkansas Children's Hospital, 1 Children's Way, Slot 512-21, 72202-3591, Little Rock, AR, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer Harman
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Ehrentraut
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.|Department of Pediatrics, Arkansas Children's Hospital, 1 Children's Way, Slot 512-21, 72202-3591, Little Rock, AR, USA.
authors.forename: Eileen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chaves
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.|Department of Pediatrics, Arkansas Children's Hospital, 1 Children's Way, Slot 512-21, 72202-3591, Little Rock, AR, USA.
authors.forename: Xingu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA. Wward@uams.edu.|Department of Pediatrics, Arkansas Children's Hospital, 1 Children's Way, Slot 512-21, 72202-3591, Little Rock, AR, USA. Wward@uams.edu.
authors.forename: Wendy L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Ward
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005221:Fatigue; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D050177:Overweight; D010290:Parents; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D011788:Quality of Life
keywords: Child report; Parent report; Pediatric obesity; Social anxiety