Concordance between mothers' reports and children's self-reports of depressive symptoms: a longitudinal study.
Concordance between mothers' reports and children's self-reports of depressive symptoms: a longitudinal study.
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母亲报告与儿童自我报告抑郁症状的一致性:一项纵向研究。
DOI:
10.1097/00004583-199402000-00008
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发表时间:
1994
影响因子:
13.3
通讯作者:
Kovacs,M
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文献类型:
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作者:
Renouf,AG;Kovacs,M
ObjectiveDevelopmental factors and maternal depression were examined for their impact on mother-child and clinician-child agreement concerning children's internal depressive symptoms.MethodData were derived from a clinically referred, racially mixed sample of school-age boys and girls (n= 113), with a study entry diagnosis of depression. Measures of agreement were based on parallel items from the self-rated Children's Depression Inventory, mother-rated Child Behavior Checklist, and clinician-rated, semistructured psychiatric interview with both the child and mother. Repeated measures of agreement were modeled longitudinally over a maximum of 7 years as a function of age, social-cognitive development, and maternal depression. Additional covariates were maternal psychopathology (excluding depression), socioeconomic status, and child's gender and verbal ability.ResultsMother-child and clinician-child agreement increased as a function of the child's age during the follow-up and was consistently attenuated by maternal depression. Depressed mothers overrated their children's symptomatology as compared with the children's self-reports.ConclusionsClinicians should consider the young patient's age and level of maternal depression when weighing the relative merits of self-report and parental report of the child's depressive symptoms. Additional research is necessary to understand the mechanisms of change in parent-child agreement.