Cross-Informant Agreement Among Parents and Children

Author

Staci S. Mullins

Date of Award

2010

Degree Name

School Psychology

College

Graduate School of Education and Professional Development

Type of Degree

Ed.S.

Document Type

Thesis

First Advisor

Sandra Stroebel

Second Advisor

Fred Jay Krieg

Third Advisor

Edna Meisel

Abstract

Rating scales are often used by school psychologists to assess for emotional and behavioral disorders in students. While one advantage of rating scales is that data can be collected and assessed from multiple informants, research has shown that agreement between multiple informants is usually low to moderate, with the lowest being between parents and youth. The Conners Comprehensive Behavior Rating Scale (CBRS) is a new multi- dimensional rating scale claiming to have moderate parent/youth agreement. The purpose of this study was to analyze the cross-informant agreement between youth and parents using the Conners CBRS and then compare the correlations from the collected sample to the normative sample of the CBRS. Low correlations were found between the ratings of parents and children on all Conners CBRS content scales, except for Hyperactivity/Impulsivity. Results also revealed significantly lower correlations than the normative sample for Emotional Distress, Violence Potential, and Physical Symptoms.

Subject(s)

Behavior disorders in children.

Psychological tests for children.

Emotional or Behavior Disorder Scale.

Recommended Citation

Mullins, Staci S., "Cross-Informant Agreement Among Parents and Children" (2010). Theses, Dissertations and Capstones. 748.
https://mds.marshall.edu/etd/748