THE IMPACT OF DIFFERENT SOURCES OF INFORM ATION FOR THE ASSESSMENT OFBEHAVIORAL AND EMOTIONAL-PROBLEMS IN ADOLESCENCE - A COMPARISON OF PARENT-REPORTS AND YOUTH SELF-REPORTS

Data from the national representative epidemiologic survey (PAK-KID-st udy) assessed by the German versions of ACHENBACH'S Child Behavior Che cklist and Youth Self-Report of N=1757 parents and their children aged 11 to 18 years are compared by using the corresponding Cross-Informan t-Scales. On all problem scales adolescents report more problems than parents. For some scales the differences between girls and their paren ts are higher than between boys and their parents (social withdrawl, s omatic complaints, anxious/depressed, attention problems, internalizin g and total score). Averaged Pearson correlations of the eight subscal es are in a moderate rage (r<0.50). For all problem scales an agreemen t of 30% in the area of high problems (>PR95) is found. If one informa nt scores above PR95 the Relative Risk of the other one scoring in thi s range too is significantly higher than one for nearly all scales.