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Preschoolers' psychosocial problems: in the eyes of the beholder? Adding teacher characteristics as determinants of discrepant parent-teacher reports.
| Content Provider | Europe PMC |
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| Author | Berg-Nielsen, Turid Suzanne Solheim, Elisabet Belsky, Jay Wichstrom, Lars |
| Abstract | In this study, we explored informant characteristics as determinants of parent–teacher disagreement on preschoolers’ psychosocial problems. Teacher characteristics were included in the analyses, in addition to child and parent factors. Psychosocial problems of 732 4-year olds from a Norwegian community sample were assessed by parents and teachers (CBCL-TRF). Furthermore, teachers reported on their education, experience and relationship to the child. Parental stress and psychopathology were also measured. Teachers rated children considerably lower than their parents did, especially on internalizing problems. When teachers rated more child problems, this was strongly associated with conflict in the teacher–child relationship, which predicted disagreement more than other factors. The highest agreement was on boys’ externalizing problems. Girls’ behavior was rated much lower by teachers than boys’ behavior compared to parents’ ratings. Possible teacher perception biases are discussed, such as teacher–child conflict, non-identification of internalizing problems, and same-gender child preference. |
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| ISSN | 0009398X |
| Journal | Child Psychiatry and Human Development [Child Psychiatry Hum Dev] |
| Volume Number | 43 |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10578-011-0271-0 |
| PubMed Central reference number | PMC3332350 |
| Issue Number | 3 |
| PubMed reference number | 22080387 |
| e-ISSN | 15733327 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Springer US |
| Publisher Date | 2012-06-01 |
| Publisher Place | Boston |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. © The Author(s) 2011 |
| Subject Keyword | Informant Discrepancy Disagreement Psychopathology Child Preschool |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Developmental and Educational Psychology Psychiatry and Mental Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health |
