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Behavior problems in young children: An analysis of cross‐informant agreements and disagreements
Author(s) -
Gross Deborah,
Fogg Louis,
Garvey Christine,
Julion Wrenetha
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.20040
Subject(s) - psychology , context (archaeology) , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , depression (economics) , paleontology , biology , economics , macroeconomics
This study examined (a) convergence between parents' and day care teachers' ratings of children's behavior problems, and (b) whether agreements and disagreements were associated with characteristics of the informant, context, or measures. Parents of 241, 2–4‐year old children in day care centers serving low‐income families completed measures of child behavior problems, parenting style, stress, depression, and self‐efficacy. Teachers completed a measure of classroom behavior problems. There was a low correlation between parents' and teachers' ratings of child behavior ( r = .17), and few children (2.5%) received high behavior problem scores from both parents and teachers. Cross‐informant agreement on high behavior problem children was related to characteristics of the informants and home context. Implications for identifying children at risk are discussed. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 27:413–425, 2004