Examination of consistency of adolescent and parent reports across several psychosocial constructs |
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| Authors: | RACHEL TILLERY KRISTY DISABATINO GILBERT R PARRA KELLY E BUCKHOLDT LISA JOBE‐SHIELDS |
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| Institution: | 1. The University of Memphis;2. The University of Southern Mississippi, , Hattiesburg;3. University of Mississippi Medical Center, , Jackson;4. Medical University of South Carolina, , Charleston |
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| Abstract: | This study investigated the consistency of discrepancy scores between adolescent and parent reports across several psychosocial constructs (adolescent internalizing, externalizing, emotion regulation difficulties, parent rewarding responses to adolescent emotions, and parent depressive symptoms). Sixty‐two adolescents (67.7% females; 76.7% African American) and one of their parents participated. Most of the associations among discrepancy scores were equivalent. There was one instance in which the association among two discrepancy scores (youth internalizing and externalizing) was stronger than the others and one instance in which the association was weaker than the others (youth internalizing and parent rewarding). These results suggest that discrepancies between adolescent and parent reports are not necessarily a stable characteristic of the dyad and depend on the construct under consideration. |
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