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CURRENT DIRECTIONS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Volume 15, Issue 2, Pages 94-98Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1111/j.0963-7214.2006.00414.x
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cross-informant correlations; psychopathology; assessment; interviews; multi-informant data
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Discrepancies are often found between self-reports and reports by others regarding psychopathology. Both the person being assessed and various informants may contribute crucial data concerning a person's functioning. Comprehensive assessment requires data from multiple informants. Such data can be easily obtained with parallel self-report and collateral-report forms. The multi-informant data can be compared, aggregated, and used in many ways. Optimal use of multi-source data is essential for clinical assessment and for discovering causes and cures of psychopathology.
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