Citation

Chan KL. J. Fam. Violence 2012; 27(1): 11-21.

Affiliation

Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10896-011-9405-1

PMID

22389552

PMCID

PMC3280388

Abstract

This study investigated and compared the rates of child maltreatment as reported by parents and children. Self-reports of 1,093 children aged 12 to 18, which were matched with both parents' records, were compared and analyzed in the study. The levels of agreement between parent and child reporting of various kinds of parental child maltreatment were low to moderate. Factors affecting the disagreement in reports were also investigated. Social desirability and violence approval were the common predictors of disagreement in father-child and mother-child reports, respectively. The low agreement between parent-child reports found in the present study highlights the need for the inclusion of both parent and child reports on maltreatment in future clinical screening and intervention programs.

Language: en