Concordance between mothers' reports and children's self-reports of depressive symptoms: a longitudinal study.
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry
; 33(2): 208-16, 1994 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Developmental factors and maternal depression were examined for their impact on mother-child and clinician-child agreement concerning children's internal depressive symptoms.METHOD:
Data 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.RESULTS:
Mother-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.CONCLUSIONS:
Clinicians 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.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Determinação da Personalidade
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Autoimagem
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Filho de Pais com Deficiência
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Depressão
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Mães
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry
Assunto da revista:
PEDIATRIA
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PSIQUIATRIA
Ano de publicação:
1994
Tipo de documento:
Article