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JOURNAL OF APPLIED DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 30, Issue 2, Pages 149-160Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2008.12.001
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Depression; Behavior problems; Adolescence; Parent report; Gender differences
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Caregiver depression has been described as leading to overreport of child behavior problems. This study examines this depression-distortion hypothesis in terms of high-risk families of young adolescents. Questionnaire data were collected from mothers, teachers. and fathers. and self-report information was obtained from youth between ages 10 and 14 years. First, convergent and discriminant validity were demonstrated for internalizing and externalizing multiagent constructs. Second, the depression-distortion hypothesis was examined, revealing a modest effect of maternal depression, leading to the inflation of reported son externalizing and daughter internalizing problems. The data suggest the need to consider multiple influences on parental perceptions of child behavior and psychopathology in research and clinical settings. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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