Cross-Informant Ratings of Social Competence in Children and Adolescents
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-2004
Keywords
Cross-informant ratings, Social competence Children, Adolescents
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2004.01.004
Abstract
The cross-informant ratings of social competence displayed by children and adolescents were investigated in a meta-analytic study. Effect sizes from 74 studies containing the ratings of the social competence of children and adolescents from at least two different informants were included in this meta-analysis. Results indicated that studies investigating the correspondence of the child or adolescent's own report with the report of parent, teacher, or peer informants had average effect sizes that were small in magnitude. The average effect sizes of other types of cross-informant pairs (e.g., parent–teacher) were moderate in magnitude, with teachers and peers demonstrating the greatest correspondence. Potential moderators (e.g., the type of measure completed by the informants, the age and gender of the target child or adolescent, and the location of the assessment) were also examined. These results demonstrate the importance of selecting carefully informants when evaluating the social competence of children and adolescents.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Clinical Psychology Review, v. 24, issue 2, p. 239-254
Scholar Commons Citation
Renk, Kimberly and Phares, Vicky, "Cross-Informant Ratings of Social Competence in Children and Adolescents" (2004). Psychology Faculty Publications. 990.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/990
