Abstract
Abstract— Correlations between scores derived from structured interviews with 299 disturbed children aged 6–18 and their parents indicated low‐to‐moderate levels of agreement regarding the presence and severity of child psychiatric symptoms. Agreement was higher on behavior and conduct problems than on anxiety, fears, obsessions‐compulsions, psychotic symptoms and affective disturbances. Parents reported more child behavior and conduct problems than children, whereas children reported more affective and neurotic symptoms than parents. Parent‐child agreement also increased sharply with age.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 181-190 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 1986 |
Keywords
- Child assessment
- age differences
- interviewing
- parent‐child agreement
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Psychiatry and Mental health