Parent-child discrepancies in the assessment of internalizing/externalizing behavior. Associations with grade, sex, and parenting.

Autor/inn/en	Lohaus, Arnold; Vierhaus, Marc
Titel	Parent-child discrepancies in the assessment of internalizing/externalizing behavior. Associations with grade, sex, and parenting.
Quelle	In: Zeitschrift für Entwicklungspsychologie und pädagogische Psychologie, 46 (2014) 1, S. 1-10Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0049-8637; 2190-6262
DOI	10.1026/0049-8637/a000095
Schlagwörter	Erziehungsstil; Elternverhalten; Selbstwahrnehmung; Altersunterschied; Geschlechtsspezifischer Unterschied; Eltern; Kind-Eltern-Beziehung; Verhaltensauffälligkeit
Abstract	Focused on informant discrepancies in reports on internalizing/externalizing child behavior and associations with parenting dimensions. The study was based on 2 longitudinal samples followed from Grade 2 to 4 and from Grade 4 to 6. Internalizing/externalizing symptoms were assessed yearly by children's self-reports and parent proxy reports. Responsiveness and behavioral and psychological control assessed by the children and their parents were included as parenting dimensions. Child reports on symptoms were higher than parent proxy reports. Regarding internalizing symptoms, the discrepancies decreased with children's age. Relations to parenting were shown mainly for psychological control. If parents perceived themselves as psychologically controlling, the discrepancies were smaller, while discrepancies were larger when children perceived their parents as psychologically controlling. Psychologically controlling parents may have a strong focus on the behavior of their children, leading to a stronger agreement between child reports and parent proxy reports. Children, however, may report more problem behavior if they feel themselves to be under close observation by their parents. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2014/3