title: Concordance of Parent- and Child-Reported Physical Abuse Following Child Protective Services Investigation.
abstract: Knowledge about the concordance of parent- and child-reported child physical abuse is scarce, leaving researchers and practitioners with little guidance on the implications of selecting either informant. Drawing from a 2008-2009 sample of 11- to 17-year-olds ( N = 636) from Wave 1 of the second National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being, this study first examined parent-child concordance in physical abuse reporting (Parent-Child Conflict Tactic Scale). Second, it applied multivariate regression analysis to relate parent-child agreement in physical abuse to parent-reported (Child Behavior Checklist) and child-reported (Youth Self Report) child behavioral problems. Results indicate low parent-child concordance of physical abuse (κ = .145). Coreporting of physical abuse was related to clinical-level parent-reported externalizing problems ([Formula: see text] = 64.57), whereas child-only reports of physical abuse were the only agreement category related to child-reported internalizing problems ( B = 4.17, p < .001). Attribution bias theory may further understanding of reporting concordance and its implications.
authors.affiliation: 1 Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.|2 School of Social Work, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Julia M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kobulsky
authors.affiliation: 3 School of Social Welfare, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.
authors.forename: Nancy Jo
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Kepple
authors.affiliation: 1 Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Megan R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Holmes
authors.affiliation: 1 Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Hussey
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse; D000068216:Child Protective Services; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D057566:Self Report; D014481:United States; D014754:Violence
keywords: behavior problems; child welfare; concordance; interrater discrepancies; physical abuse; self-report measures