J. Fagan et Jw. Fantuzzo, Multirater congruence on the social skills rating system: Mother father, and teacher assessments of urban head start children's social competencies, EARLY C R Q, 14(2), 1999, pp. 229-242
This study examined the relationships between parent and teacher and betwee
n mother and father SSRS reports of 134 urban Head Start children to assess
the cross-informant capacity of the SSRS. The findings documented an insig
nificant relationship between parent and teacher SSRS ratings of children's
social competence. The results revealed significant congruence between SSR
S ratings of mothers and fathers. Mothers and fathers who reported higher l
evels of sharing childcare responsibilities evidenced higher levels of agre
ement on SSRS ratings of children. This study discusses the importance of H
ead Start staff, parent, and research partnerships for developing scales th
at have the capacity to foster home-school communications about children.