Latent Difference Score Modeling: A Flexible Approach for Studying Informant Discrepancies
Latent Difference Score Modeling: A Flexible Approach for Studying Informant Discrepancies
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DOI：
10.1037/pas0000480
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发表时间：
2018-03-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Jongerling, Joran
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作者：
de Haan, Amaranta;Prinzie, Peter;Jongerling, Joran
本研究提出了一种灵活的方法来研究线人的差异：潜在差异分数模型（LDS）。LDS的方法证明了使用一个实证的例子中，母亲-青少年和父亲-青少年不一致的养育观念之间的关联，并同时和后来的青少年外化行为，进行了调查。早期青少年（N = 477，年龄12-15岁），母亲（N = 470）和父亲（N = 440）填写了关于母亲和父亲养育的问卷。使用LDS方法的结果进行了比较，通过现有的2种方法获得的结果的线人的差异：观察到的差异评分模型（ODS）和多项式回归分析（PRA）。LDS方法的结果表明，青少年认为他们的母亲和父亲的养育不如母亲和父亲自己，更强的母亲，青少年的差异始终与更强的父亲，青少年的差异。父母与青少年的差异同时与更具攻击性和违反规则的行为有关，但不是纵向的。结果概括了两种差异方法，但在PRA中仅发现很少的显著相关性。所有3种研究线人差异的方法的优点和局限性进行了讨论。公众意义声明这项研究表明，父母认为自己的行为更有利（即，积极教养水平较高，消极教养水平较低）比青少年看待父母的行为。母亲-青少年和父亲-青少年对不同类型的养育方式的不同看法始终是相互关联的，父母-孩子的分歧与同时发生的攻击性和违反规则的行为有关，但与后来的攻击性和违反规则的行为无关。
The current study proposes a flexible approach to studying informant discrepancies: Latent Difference Scores modeling (LDS). The LDS approach is demonstrated using an empirical example in which associations between mother-adolescent and father-adolescent discrepant parenting perceptions, and concurrent and later adolescent externalizing behaviors, were investigated. Early adolescents (N = 477, aged 12-15 years), mothers (N = 470), and fathers (N = 440) filled out questionnaires about mothers' and fathers' parenting. Results using the LDS approach are compared to results obtained by the 2 existing approaches for informant discrepancies: Observed Difference Scores modeling (ODS) and Polynomial Regression Analyses (PRA). Results from the LDS approach show that adolescents perceive their mothers' and fathers' parenting less favorably than mothers and fathers themselves, and that stronger mother-adolescent discrepancies are consistently related to stronger father-adolescent discrepancies. Parent-adolescent discrepancies were concurrently associated with more aggressive and rule-breaking behaviors, but not longitudinally. Results generalized across the 2 discrepancy approaches, but only very few significant associations were found in the PRA. Advantages and limitations of all 3 approaches to studying informant discrepancies are discussed.Public Significance StatementThis study shows that parents perceive their own behaviors more favorably (i.e., higher levels of positive parenting, lower levels of negative parenting) than adolescents view parents' behaviors. Mother-adolescent and father-adolescent discrepant perceptions of different types of parenting are consistently interrelated, and parent-child disagreement is associated with concurrent but not later levels of aggressive and rule-breaking behaviors.