Whose depression relates to discrepancies? Testing relations between informant characteristics and informant discrepancies from both informants' perspectives
Whose depression relates to discrepancies? Testing relations between informant characteristics and informant discrepancies from both informants' perspectives
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DOI：
10.1037/1040-3590.20.2.139
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发表时间：
2008-06-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Reid-Quinones, Kathryn
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作者：
De Los Reyes, Andres;Goodman, Kimberly L.;Reid-Quinones, Kathryn
这项研究探讨了母亲和孩子的抑郁症状是否都与多维二元结构上的母子评级差异有独特的相关性：与父母监督相关的领域（即儿童披露、父母知识和父母恳求）。参与者包括 335 名母亲/女性看护者和儿童二人组（182 名女孩，153 名男孩；9-16 岁）的社区样本。儿童的抑郁症状与母子差异的三个领域中的每一个领域始终相关。母亲的抑郁症状与两个领域（儿童披露和父母知识）的感知差异有关。此外，这些关系不能用其他知情者特征（母亲压力、儿童年龄、儿童性别、儿童种族）来解释。研究结果为理论提供了重要的实证支持，表明两位知情者的观点对他们感知行为的差异产生了有意义的影响。考虑两个信息提供者的观点可以得出有价值的信息，以确定任何特定特征是否与差异存在重要关联。
This study examined whether mothers' and children's depressive symptoms were each uniquely related to mother-child rating discrepancies on a multidimensional dyadic construct: domains associated with parental monitoring (i.e., Child Disclosure, Parental Knowledge, and Parental Solicitation). Participants included a community sample of 335 mother/female-caregiver and child dyads (182 girls, 153 boys; 9-16 years old). Children's depressive symptoms were consistently related to each of the three domains of mother-child discrepancies. Mothers' depressive symptoms were related to perceived discrepancies in two domains (Child Disclosure and Parental Knowledge). Furthermore, these relations could not be accounted for by other informant characteristics (maternal stress, child age, child gender, child ethnicity). Findings provide important empirical support for theory suggesting that both informants' perspectives meaningfully contribute to their discrepancies in perceived behavior. Consideration of both informants' perspectives leads to valuable information as to whether any particular characteristic is an important correlate of discrepancies.