Cross-informant ratings of the emotional and behavioral functioning of college students

    Authors

    K. Renk; R. Donnelly; J. Klein; A. Oliveros;E. Baksh

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Youth Adolesc.

    Keywords

    informant ratings; emotional and behavioral functioning; college; students; mothers; fathers; CHILD; ADOLESCENTS; AGREEMENT; PARENTS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; ACCURACY; Psychology, Developmental

    Abstract

    One hundred seventy-four college students and a subset of their mothers and fathers provided ratings of college students' emotional and behavioral functioning. College students and their mothers and fathers demonstrated variable levels of correspondence in their ratings of college students' internalizing and externalizing behavior problems. Similar findings were noted with t-test comparisons, with college students rating themselves as experiencing significantly higher levels of behavior problems than did their mothers and fathers. Further, college students' ratings of their mothers' and fathers' parenting and their perceptions of their parents predicted significantly their ratings of their own behavior problems. Although mothers' communication reciprocity and perceptions of their college students served as significant predictors of mothers' ratings, a different pattern of results occurred with paternal variables. Overall, these findings further the understanding of correspondence and predictors of cross-informant ratings of college students' emotional and behavioral functioning.

    Journal Title

    Journal of Youth and Adolescence

    Volume

    37

    Issue/Number

    2

    Publication Date

    1-1-2008

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    193

    Last Page

    210

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000251795800007

    ISSN

    0047-2891

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