TY - JOUR
T1 - Agreement and disagreement on emotional and behavioral problems in a sample of preschool-age children
AU - Carneiro, Alexandra
AU - Dias, Pedro
AU - Pinto, Raquel
AU - Baião, Rita
AU - Mesquita, Ana
AU - Soares, Isabel
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank Joana Baptista and Mariana Negrão for their review and contributions to the article. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia with Grant SFRH/BD/82020/2011 and Grant PTDC/PSI-PCL/116897/2010.
Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia with Grant SFRH/BD/82020/2011 and Grant PTDC/PSI-PCL/116897/2010.
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PY - 2019/4/1
Y1 - 2019/4/1
N2 - The present study aimed to identify predictors of agreement and disagreement concerning emotional and behavioral problems reported by the mothers and teachers of preschool-aged children. Participants included 172 (89 boys) children, their mothers, and their preschool teachers. Mothers were asked to complete the Child Behavior Checklist for Ages 1½-5 (CBCL 1½-5), the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), and a sociodemographic questionnaire, and were observed engaging in an interactive task with their child. Preschool teachers completed the Caregiver Teacher Report Form for Ages 1½-5 (CTRF). The results show low cross-informant agreement. None of the studied variables predicted cross-informant agreement; however, maternal psychopathology and the presence of an assistant in the classroom were predictors of disagreement between mothers and teachers. Although these results highlight the influence of maternal and school context variables on the disagreement among informants’ reports on the emotional and behavioral problems of preschool-aged children, additional research in this field is needed.
AB - The present study aimed to identify predictors of agreement and disagreement concerning emotional and behavioral problems reported by the mothers and teachers of preschool-aged children. Participants included 172 (89 boys) children, their mothers, and their preschool teachers. Mothers were asked to complete the Child Behavior Checklist for Ages 1½-5 (CBCL 1½-5), the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), and a sociodemographic questionnaire, and were observed engaging in an interactive task with their child. Preschool teachers completed the Caregiver Teacher Report Form for Ages 1½-5 (CTRF). The results show low cross-informant agreement. None of the studied variables predicted cross-informant agreement; however, maternal psychopathology and the presence of an assistant in the classroom were predictors of disagreement between mothers and teachers. Although these results highlight the influence of maternal and school context variables on the disagreement among informants’ reports on the emotional and behavioral problems of preschool-aged children, additional research in this field is needed.
KW - Behavioral problems
KW - Cross-informant agreement
KW - Emotional problems
KW - Informant disagreement
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U2 - 10.1177/0734282917736392
DO - 10.1177/0734282917736392
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85062883583
SN - 0734-2829
VL - 37
SP - 154
EP - 168
JO - Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment
JF - Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment
IS - 2
ER -