Comparison of Mother and Father Report on the Personality Inventory for Children in a Non Referred Canadian Sample

Examined interparental agreement for the four broadband factor scales, three validity scales, one general screening scale, and twelve substantive scales of the Personality Inventory for Children-Revised (PIC-R; Lachar, 1982). Cohabitating mothers and fathers of 47 non-referred children and adolescen...

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Published in:Canadian Journal of School Psychology
Main Authors: Saunders, Cory D., Voelker, Sylvia L., Shore, Douglas L.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 2002
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/082957350201700107
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/082957350201700107
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Summary:Examined interparental agreement for the four broadband factor scales, three validity scales, one general screening scale, and twelve substantive scales of the Personality Inventory for Children-Revised (PIC-R; Lachar, 1982). Cohabitating mothers and fathers of 47 non-referred children and adolescents in Ontario and Newfoundland independently completed the PIC-R. The 24 male and 23 female children ranged in age from 9 to 16. Results indicated high cross-informant consistency with respect to correlations, means comparisons, and absolute difference scores. Parental agreement was similar whether rating male or female children. The pattern of scores obtained also suggests a cultural drift toward increased levels of pathology, as well as greater heterogeneity of reports obtained from modern fathers. Implications for assessment practices and future research are discussed.