Assessment of Adult Psychopathology: Meta-Analyses and Implications of Cross-Informant Correlations

Autor/inn/en	Achenbach, Thomas M.; Krukowsi, Rebecca A.; Dumenci, Levent; Ivanova, Masha Y.
Titel	Assessment of Adult Psychopathology: Meta-Analyses and Implications of Cross-Informant Correlations
Quelle	In: Psychological Bulletin, 131 (2005) 3, S.361-382 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0033-2909
Schlagwörter	Psychopathology; Adolescents; Meta Analysis; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Evaluation Methods; Adults; National Surveys; Correlation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychopathologie; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Meta-analysis; Metaanalyse; Korrelation
Abstract	Assessment of adult psychopathology relies heavily on self-reports. To determine how well self-reports agree with reports by "informants" who know the person being assessed, the authors examined 51,000 articles published over 10 years in 52 peer-reviewed journals for correlations between self-reports and "informants" reports. Qualifying correlations were found in 108 (0.2%) of the articles. When self-reports and informant reports were obtained with parallel instruments, mean cross-informant correlations were .681 for substance use, .428 for internalizing, and .438 for externalizing problems. When based on different instruments, the mean cross-informant correlation was .304. The moderate sizes of the correlations argue for systematically obtaining multi-informant data. National survey findings were used to illustrate practical ways to obtain and use such data. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10