Structural differences in parent and child reports of children's symptoms of depression and anxiety.

Cole, David A.; Hoffman, Kit B.; Tram, Jane M.; Maxwell, Scott E.

doi:10.1037/1040-3590.12.2.174

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“…In contrast, adolescents' reports of their own anxiety represent a more internal and subjective sense of anxiousness. Some authors have argued that subjective, internal states such as anxiety are better assessed from a personal perspective (Cole et al 2000;Najman et al 2001;Sacco and Graves 1985). Anxious parenting is argued to increase children's anxiety by reinforcing a subjective sense of current threat and limited control in the world (Chorpita and Barlow 1998;Hudson and Rapee 2004;Rubin et al 2009).…”

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Early Adolescents’ Perceptions of Their Mother’s Anxious Parenting as a Predictor of Anxiety Symptoms 12 Months Later

Rapee

2009

J Abnorm Child Psychol

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Parental overprotection and modeling of fearful behaviors have been proposed to play a central role in the development of anxiety. Yet there have been few longitudinal examinations of these relationships and virtually none focusing on the adolescent period. The current study measured adolescent perceptions of maternal anxious parenting (a combination of overprotection and expression of anxiety), mothers' levels of anxiousness, and adolescents' anxiety symptoms in 421 girls in grade 7 and their mothers. Measures were repeated 12 months later. When the adolescent's self report of anxiety was used as the outcome, the adolescent's perception of maternal anxious parenting significantly predicted adolescent anxiety 12 months later. When the mother's report of adolescent anxiety was used as the outcome adolescent anxiety significantly predicted adolescent perceptions of maternal anxious parenting 12 months later. Maternal anxiousness predicted the adolescent's perception of anxious parenting, but meditational relationships were not significant in either model. The data are partly consistent with reciprocal influence models of parent/child relationships but point to the importance of informant perspectives in determining relationships between these complex variables.

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confidence: 98%

Early Adolescents’ Perceptions of Their Mother’s Anxious Parenting as a Predictor of Anxiety Symptoms 12 Months Later

Rapee

2009

J Abnorm Child Psychol

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“…However, previous studies on cross-informant agreement show that parent-child agreement is only modest (42). Given that parents and children may focus on different aspects of child psychopathology (43), neither parent's reports nor children's self-ratings should be regarded as invalid or incorrect. Instead, multi-source assessment procedures are recommended (35,42,43).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Given that parents and children may focus on different aspects of child psychopathology (43), neither parent's reports nor children's self-ratings should be regarded as invalid or incorrect. Instead, multi-source assessment procedures are recommended (35,42,43). We should also consider whether we may have failed to note an existing effect on social anxiety in parental ratings, thus committing a type II error (assuming that the null hypothesis is true when it is not).…”

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Long-term follow-up of prenatally treated children at risk for congenital adrenal hyperplasia: does dexamethasone cause behavioural problems?

Hirvikoski

Nordenström

Lindholm³

et al. 2008

European Journal of Endocrinology

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Objectives: To investigate the long-term effects of prenatal treatment of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) with emphasis on behavioural problems and temperament. Design: A population-based long-term follow-up study of Swedish children at risk for virilising CAH, who had received treatment prenatally with dexamethasone (DEX). The questionnaire-based follow-up was performed when the children had reached school age. Methods: Standardised parent-completed questionnaires were used to evaluate adaptive functioning, behavioural/emotional problems and psychopathology, social anxiety and temperament in DEXexposed school-aged children (nZ26) and matched controls (nZ35). In addition, the association between parental questionnaires and children's self-ratings was investigated. Results: There were no statistically significant differences between DEX-exposed children and controls in measures of psychopathology, behavioural problems and adaptive functioning. In a questionnaire on temperamental traits, DEX-exposed children were described by their parents as being more sociable than controls (PZ0.042). The correlation analysis showed only modest parent-child agreement on social anxiety, i.e. the increased social anxiety in children's self-ratings was not confirmed by their parents. Conclusions: DEX-treated children showed good overall adjustment. The parent-child agreement with respect to social anxiety was modest, highlighting the importance of multiple information sources and assessment methods. The clinical significance of the observed difference in sociability cannot be determined within the frameworks of this study. Additional studies of larger cohorts are essential to make more decisive conclusions on the safety of the treatment. Until then, it is important that parents are thoroughly informed about the benefits and potential risks and uncertainties of this controversial treatment.

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“…Kovac (1985) set a score of 20 as the cut-point for the identification of depressive symptoms in a normal population. Psychometric studies of the CDI have shown high degrees of internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and construct validity in nonclinical populations (Cole, Hoffman, Tram, & Maxwell, 2000). According to Kovac (1983) the CDI has an acceptable internal consistency, with a Cronbach alpha (Į) coefficient of .71.…”

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Effect of Self-Esteem on the Relationship between Depression and Bullying among Teenagers in Malaysia

Uba¹,

Yaacob²,

Juhari³

et al. 2010

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The study examined the moderating role of self-esteem in the relationship between depression and bullying among teenagers. The participants of the study were 242 teenagers aged 13 to 16 years, from selected secondary schools in Selangor, Malaysia. Self-esteem was measured with the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, while teenage depression was measured with the Children Depression Inventory and bullying was measured using the Bully sub scale of the Peer Relationship Questionnaire. Findings of the study indicate no gender differences between males and females in self-esteem. The study further found a negative and medium correlation between depression and self-esteem, self-esteem and bullying and a positive and small correlation between depression and bullying. However, results of the study did not find self-esteem as a moderator. Recommendations of the study highlight the need to explore other variables such as religious and sports involvements as possible moderators in future studies.

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Structural differences in parent and child reports of children's symptoms of depression and anxiety.

Cited by 100 publications

References 48 publications

Early Adolescents’ Perceptions of Their Mother’s Anxious Parenting as a Predictor of Anxiety Symptoms 12 Months Later

Early Adolescents’ Perceptions of Their Mother’s Anxious Parenting as a Predictor of Anxiety Symptoms 12 Months Later

Long-term follow-up of prenatally treated children at risk for congenital adrenal hyperplasia: does dexamethasone cause behavioural problems?

Effect of Self-Esteem on the Relationship between Depression and Bullying among Teenagers in Malaysia

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