Congruence between mother and handicapped child's view of the child's sense of adjustment

Psychosocial Adjustment in Adolescents with Craniofacial Anomalies: A Comparison of Parent and Self-Reports

“…In pediatric samples, on the other hand, parents appear to report more adjustment problems than do children. This finding has been consistent across studies of children with asthma (Kashani et al, 1988;Klinnert et al, 2000), brain tumors (Radcliffe et al, 1996), disabilities (Coleman, 1983), and cerebral palsy (Harvey and Greenway, 1982); only a sample of children with spina bifida reported more adjustment problems than did their parents (Harvey and Greenway, 1982). None of these studies was focused on adolescents, so it is not known how development may affect these findings.…”

Comparing the self concept of children with cerebral palsy to the perceptions of their parents

“…The sample size for this study was based on results from a previous study that compared the Global Selfworth of children with cerebral palsy to their parent's perception [14]. To achieve a power of 0.8 and maintain the reported effect size of 0.77 [14], it was calculated that 27 participants were required in each group.…”

“…A recent systematic review [13] identified three studies investigating the difference between the ratings of the global self-worth domain in children with cerebral palsy compared to their parent's rating [14][15][16]. Two studies [14,16] found no significant difference between the child's rating compared to their parent's perception in children aged between 9 and 18 years.…”

“…There is evidence that adolescent females with cerebral palsy may have a relatively low self concept in the domains of social acceptance, physical appearance, athletic ability and scholastic competence [17]. However, none of the previous studies comparing the child's ratings with their parent's ratings [14][15][16] have investigated if gender impacted on the level of agreement of child and parent ratings of self concept.…”

“…Two studies [14,16] found no significant difference between the child's rating compared to their parent's perception in children aged between 9 and 18 years. However, another study [15] reported data suggesting parents of children aged between 4-9 years rated their child's abilities and attributes lower compared to the child's rating.…”