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Optimal assessment of parenting, or how I learned to stop worrying and love reporter disagreement.

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine differences and similarities across ratings of parenting by preadolescents, parents, and observers. Two hundred forty-one preadolescents rated their parents on warmth and harshness. Both mothers and fathers self-reported on these same dimensions, and observers rated each parents' warmth and harshness during a 10 min interaction task with the preadolescent. For the majority of outcomes assessed, the differences between preadolescent, parent, and observer ratings accounted for significant amounts of variance, beyond the levels accounted for by the average of their reports. A replication sample of 929 mother-child dyads provided a similar pattern of results. This methodology can help standardize the study of reporter differences, supports modeling of rater-specific variance as true score, and illustrates the benefits of collecting parenting data from multiple reporters. (PsycINFO Database Record

Source: Journal of Family Psychology

DOI: 10.1037/fam0000206

Authors: Thomas J. Schofield, Ross D. Parke, Scott Coltrane, Jennifer M. Weaver

Institutions: Iowa State University, University of California, Riverside, University of Oregon, Boise State University

Language: English

Topic: Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institute of Mental Health, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Awards: ETHNICITY, ECONOMIC STRESS AND ADAPTATION IN FAMILIES, NICHD NETWORKS: DATA COORDINATING CENTER