The observability of problem behavior and its relation to discrepancies between adolescents’ self-report and parents’ proxy report on problem behavior.

Vierhaus, Marc; Rueth, Jana-Elisa; Lohaus, Arnold

doi:10.1037/pas0000515

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“…This lack of association is partly a result of using different measures at each time point (CBCL versus SDQ) as well as the fact that the time period between measurements was large, ranging from 7 to 15 years apart. Additionally, differences in informant perceptions of internalizing have been noted (Sourander et al, 1999), although they are not usually this extreme (Vierhaus et al, 2018). Nonetheless, we believe that our multi-method, multi-informant means of collecting data maximized our ability to assess internalizing optimally at each age.…”

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confidence: 99%

Health Outcomes Associated With Internalizing Problems in Early Childhood and Adolescence

Jamnik

DiLalla

2019

Front. Psychol.

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Physical and mental health problems are becoming more common among the general population. Studies examining mental and physical health often indicate that mental illness early in life is associated with more detrimental health outcomes later. However, additional work is needed to better identity which psychological problems may contribute to poorer health outcomes. Given recent increases in childhood anxiety and depression specifically, it is beneficial to further investigate the relationship between internalizing problems, both early and later in life, and related health problems. Furthermore, little work has focused on studying internalizing problems in children as young as preschool-aged. Therefore, the current project used a longitudinal design to assess the effects of preschool and adolescent internalizing problems on health-related problems in adolescence. We analyzed data from 70 youth (47% male) who had been tested in our lab when they were 5 years old and then were administered questionnaires over a telephone interview when they were adolescents, between the ages of 12 and 20 years old. We used multi-informant measures, including parent-report at age 5 and youth-report at follow-up, 7 to 15 years later. Parents reported on children’s internalizing behavior problems and negative emotionality (NE). Youth reported on their own internalizing behavior problems as well as health problems, physical activity, and overeating behaviors. Path modeling was used to examine predictions of internalizing and health behaviors. At age 5, parent-reported NE and internalizing problems were related, in addition to 5-year-old internalizing predicting health problems and overeating at follow-up. At follow-up, youth-reported internalizing was positively related to health problems and negatively related to physical activity, suggesting some similarities and differences between parent and youth responses. Additionally, girls reported significantly higher rates of internalizing and health problems at follow-up. These results indicate a significant relationship between preschool-aged and adolescent internalizing problems and related health outcomes experienced in adolescence.

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Health Outcomes Associated With Internalizing Problems in Early Childhood and Adolescence

Jamnik

DiLalla

2019

Front. Psychol.

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“…Alternatively, the unique perspectives could also reflect individuals' experiential bias rather than the objective reality of individual or family characteristics (Jager et al, 2016). This explanation might be particularly relevant in our study, as parental psychological control and adolescent emotional problems are subjective feelings and perceptions that might be more challenging to capture from the outsider's perspective (i.e., parents) than from the insider's own perspective (i.e., adolescents who experience parenting practices and emotional difficulties; Barber et al, 2012; Vierhaus et al, 2018).…”

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confidence: 96%

“…This finding also corroborates the well‐documented low to modest correlations between parent‐ and adolescent‐reports in perceiving the same behavior (Korelitz & Garber, 2016). Relatedly, family members might have divergence in the perceived amount of the same behavior, as adolescents tend to report themselves as having more internalizing problems, and view parents as more psychologically controlling, relative to their parents (Jager et al, 2012; Korelitz & Garber, 2016; Vierhaus et al, 2018). Furthermore, family members' different family roles and developmental demands could also generate divergent perspectives.…”

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Links between shared and unique perspectives of parental psychological control and adolescent emotional problems: A dyadic daily diary study

Zheng

2022

Child Development

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Using month‐long daily diary data collected between 2019 and 2020 among 99 dyads of Canadian parents (58.6% White, Mage = 43.5, 69.7% female) and adolescents (51.5% White, Mage = 14.6, 53.5% female) from middle to high socioeconomic status families, this study investigated parents' and adolescents' daily shared and unique perceptions of parental psychological control and adolescent emotional problems at within‐ and between‐family level, and examined their cross‐day associations. Multilevel multi‐trait multi‐method confirmatory factor analysis revealed both convergence and divergence across parent–adolescent perceptions at the within level, but no convergence at the between level. Dynamic structural equation modeling revealed cross‐day associations across different perspectives of parenting and adolescent behaviors. Findings contribute novel knowledge to understanding parent–child daily interactions with a multi‐informant approach.

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“…However, research indicates that there is likely to be a considerable mismatch between the attributions a family member makes about another’s motives during a family discussion and that other person’s self-reported motive, and that these inaccuracies may both reflect and predict problems within the broader relationship. Research on informant discrepancies shows that parents and adolescents routinely disagree in their reports of children’s adjustment (De Los Reyes et al, 2015), parenting practices (Korelitz & Garber, 2016), and family functioning (Hou et al, 2020), and these mismatches become more pronounced as constructs become less directly observable (Rote & Smetana, 2016; Vierhaus et al, 2018). In turn, informant discrepancies in reports of family member behaviors consistently reflect and predict parent–child relationship outcomes (De Los Reyes & Ohannessian, 2016), child adjustment (Reidler & Swenson, 2012), and communication quality (Ehrlich et al, 2016).…”

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Predicting attributional accuracy in mother–adolescent conflictual discussions.

Welker¹,

Rote²

2023

Journal of Family Psychology

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Attributional accuracy focuses on the extent to which one person accurately judges the reasons that another person acts the way they do. Research has shown that relationship quality, individual factors, and the overall context of a discussion, all play a role in the accuracy of attributions within adult relationships. However, little research has examined these patterns for parents and adolescents. Within the parent-adolescent literature, research on informant discrepancies has found agreement between family members' reports can highlight the overall functioning of the parent-child relationship but has not focused on perceptions of motives. This study assessed mothers' and adolescents' attributional accuracy during conflictual discussions and the extent to which such accuracy was associated with their relationship quality and individual perspective-taking abilities. One hundred twenty-three mother (M Age = 43) and adolescent (M Age = 14, 54% female, 52% White) dyads participated in a discussion about an issue commonly causing adolescent guilt and rated their own and their partner's motives during the discussion. They also self-reported on their relationship and perspective-taking abilities. Results showed that mothers and teens reported overall more positive discussion motives, when their relationship was better. There was also moderate agreement between mothers' and adolescents' attributed motives and their partners' self-reported motives. Adolescents' accuracy regarding both positive and negative maternal motives improved with better perspectivetaking. Mothers' accuracy improved with better relationship quality, but only regarding negative adolescent motives. This study highlights individual factors may be more relevant for adolescent attributional accuracy whereas relational factors may be more relevant for mothers' accuracy.

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The observability of problem behavior and its relation to discrepancies between adolescents’ self-report and parents’ proxy report on problem behavior.

Cited by 7 publications

References 35 publications

Health Outcomes Associated With Internalizing Problems in Early Childhood and Adolescence

Health Outcomes Associated With Internalizing Problems in Early Childhood and Adolescence

Links between shared and unique perspectives of parental psychological control and adolescent emotional problems: A dyadic daily diary study

Predicting attributional accuracy in mother–adolescent conflictual discussions.

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