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ERIC Number: ED612054
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 36
Abstractor: As Provided
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Assessing the Mental Health of Maltreated Youth with Child Welfare Involvement Using Multi-Informant Reports
Makol, Bridget A.; De Los Reyes, Andres; Garrido, Edward; Harlaar, Nicole; Taussig, Heather
Grantee Submission
Researchers often question the validity of multi-informant assessments among adolescents with child welfare involvement. Yet, within other clinical populations, prior research finds that multi-informant reports have a discernable structure characterized by discrete patterns of agreement and disagreement. This structure "tracks" contextual displays of behavior and clinical severity. We examined the structure of multi-informant reports (i.e., adolescent, caregiver, teacher) of adolescent externalizing and internalizing problems in a sample of adolescents with a history of child welfare involvement. Across problem domains and informants, reporting patterns mirrored those observed in other clinical populations, and displayed characteristics robustly present in meta-analytic work on cross-informant correspondence. Specifically, informants agreed more on reports of externalizing problems than internalizing problems and caregiver-teacher dyads agreed more than adolescent-caregiver dyads. Overall, we found robust, replicable patterns of multi-informant reports among child welfare involved adolescents. These reporting patterns may facilitate use and interpretation of multi-informant evidence-based assessments among this population. [This paper was published in "Child Psychiatry and Human Development" v52 n1 p49-62 2021.]
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health (DHHS/NIH); Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Child Behavior Checklist
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: 1K01MH01972; 1R21802MH067618; 1R01MH076919; R324A180032