TY - JOUR
T1 - "It Depends on What You Mean by 'Disagree'"
T2 - Differences between Parent and Child Perceptions of Parent-Child Conflict
AU - De Los Reyes, Andres
AU - Thomas, Sarah A.
AU - Swan, Anna J.
AU - Ehrlich, Katherine B.
AU - Reynolds, Elizabeth K.
AU - Suarez, Liza
AU - Dougherty, Lea R.
AU - MacPherson, Laura
AU - Pabón, Shairy C.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported, in part, by National Institute on Drug Abuse grant DA018647-05S1 awarded to Andres De Los Reyes. This work was also supported by National Institute on Drug Abuse grant DA018647 awarded to C.W. Lejuez and by an NRSA Predoctoral Award to Katherine Ehrlich (DA027365). We are grateful to C.W. Lejuez for his assistance on participant recruitment for this study, as well as for his commentary on earlier versions of this manuscript. We are also grateful to Brandi Stupica for her statistical consultation A.DeLosReyes(*).S.A.Thomas.A.J.Swan.S.C.Pabón Comprehensive Assessment and Intervention Program, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland at College Park, Biology/Psychology Building, Room 3123H, College Park, MD 20742, USA e-mail: adlr@umd.edu
Funding Information:
Acknowledgement This work was supported, in part, by National Institute on Drug Abuse grant DA018647-05S1 awarded to Andres De Los Reyes. This work was also supported by National Institute on Drug Abuse grant DA018647 awarded to C.W. Lejuez and by an NRSA Predoctoral Award to Katherine Ehrlich (DA027365). We are grateful to C.W. Lejuez for his assistance on participant recruitment for this study, as well as for his commentary on earlier versions of this manuscript. We are also grateful to Brandi Stupica for her statistical consultation.
PY - 2012/9
Y1 - 2012/9
N2 - We examined a new structured interview of parent-child conflict that assesses parent and child perceptions of behavioral conflict about daily life topics (e.g., doing chores, homework), and whether discrepancies exist on beliefs about these topics. In a sample of 100 parents and children ages 10 to 17 years (M=013.5 years, 52 males, 57 % African-American), informants could reliably distinguish between perceived behavioral conflicts and perceived discrepant beliefs about topics. These scores were also significantly related to questionnaire reports of parent-child conflict. Parent and child questionnaire reports did not significantly differ, yet on the structured interview, parents reported significantly greater levels of perceived conflict and discrepant beliefs relative to child reports. Additionally, structured interview reports of conflict demonstrated incremental validity by relating to child self-reports of delinquent behaviors, when accounting for questionnaire conflict reports. The findings have implications for increasing understanding of the links between parent-child conflict and psychosocial outcomes.
AB - We examined a new structured interview of parent-child conflict that assesses parent and child perceptions of behavioral conflict about daily life topics (e.g., doing chores, homework), and whether discrepancies exist on beliefs about these topics. In a sample of 100 parents and children ages 10 to 17 years (M=013.5 years, 52 males, 57 % African-American), informants could reliably distinguish between perceived behavioral conflicts and perceived discrepant beliefs about topics. These scores were also significantly related to questionnaire reports of parent-child conflict. Parent and child questionnaire reports did not significantly differ, yet on the structured interview, parents reported significantly greater levels of perceived conflict and discrepant beliefs relative to child reports. Additionally, structured interview reports of conflict demonstrated incremental validity by relating to child self-reports of delinquent behaviors, when accounting for questionnaire conflict reports. The findings have implications for increasing understanding of the links between parent-child conflict and psychosocial outcomes.
KW - Informant disagreement
KW - Informant discrepancies
KW - Multiple informants
KW - Parent-child conflict
KW - Structured interview
KW - To(may)to-To(mah)to interview
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U2 - 10.1007/s10862-012-9288-3
DO - 10.1007/s10862-012-9288-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 25210227
AN - SCOPUS:84866731628
SN - 0882-2689
VL - 34
SP - 293
EP - 307
JO - Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment
JF - Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment
IS - 3
ER -