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Cross-Informant Ratings of the Emotional and Behavioral Functioning of College Students

Authors :
Renk, Kimberly
Donnelly, Reesa
Klein, Jenny
Source :
Journal of Youth and Adolescence. Feb 2008 37(2):193-210.
Publication Year :
2008

Abstract

One hundred seventy-four college students and a subset of their mothers and fathers provided ratings of college students' emotional and behavioral functioning. College students and their mothers and fathers demonstrated variable levels of correspondence in their ratings of college students' internalizing and externalizing behavior problems. Similar findings were noted with t-test comparisons, with college students rating themselves as experiencing significantly higher levels of behavior problems than did their mothers and fathers. Further, college students' ratings of their mothers' and fathers' parenting and their perceptions of their parents predicted significantly their ratings of their own behavior problems. Although mothers' communication reciprocity and perceptions of their college students served as significant predictors of mothers' ratings, a different pattern of results occurred with paternal variables. Overall, these findings further the understanding of correspondence and predictors of cross-informant ratings of college students' emotional and behavioral functioning.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0047-2891
Volume :
37
Issue :
2
Database :
ERIC
Journal :
Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
EJ785278
Document Type :
Journal Articles<br />Reports - Evaluative
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-006-9149-z