The influence of distress on mothers' and fathers' reports of childhood emotional and behavioural problems

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dc.contributor.authorSawyer, M.
dc.contributor.authorStreiner, D.
dc.contributor.authorBaghurst, P.
dc.date.issued1998
dc.description.abstractThis study examined the effect of parental distress on mothers' and fathers' reports of children's emotional and behavioral problems. The subjects were the parents of 696 children aged 10 to 11 or 14 to 15 years living in two-parent families in the community. The study utilized an extended version of the model previously employed by Fergusson, Lynskey, and Horwood (1993) to examine the impact of maternal depression on mothers' reports of children's behavior. In the present study, the extended model was used to assess the impact of distress on reports of childhood externalizing and internalizing problems obtained from both mothers and fathers. The results suggested that distress had little influence on mothers' or fathers' reports of childhood behavior problems. It is concluded that in community studies the size of any bias in mothers' and fathers' reports of childhood behavior problems due to parental distress is likely to be very small and of little clinical significance.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityMichael G. Sawyer, David L. Streiner, Peter Baghurst
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 1998; 26(6):407-414
dc.identifier.doi10.1023/A:1022614800179
dc.identifier.issn0091-0627
dc.identifier.issn1573-2835
dc.identifier.orcidSawyer, M. [0000-0002-7834-0561]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/6457
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherKluwer Academic Publishers
dc.rights© 1998 Plenum Publishing Corporation
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1023/a:1022614800179
dc.subjectAssessment; parent distress; children; emotional and behavioral problems
dc.titleThe influence of distress on mothers' and fathers' reports of childhood emotional and behavioural problems
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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