Citation

Butler SM, MacKay SA, Dickens SE. Can. J. Behav. Sci. 1995; 27(3): 333-342.

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(Copyright © 1995, Canadian Psychological Association, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

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Abstract

Recent research has started to examine the effect of clinical status on the correspondence between maternal and adolescent ratings of emotional and behavioural problems. This study compared maternal and youth ratings of the youths' adjustment using the Child Behaviour Checklist and Youth Self-Report in young offender (n = 50) and non-clinical males (n = 51) 12-16 years of age. In the young offender group, significant differences were found between maternal and youth ratings on all Internalizing and Externalizing scales. While delinquent youths' reports were in the clinical range only on the delinquent behaviour subscale, maternal ratings were in the clinical range on most subscales. By contrast, maternal and youth reports in the control group showed comparable ratings on Internalizing scales, with normal adolescents endorsing significantly more Externalizing behaviour problems than their mothers. Maternal and youth ratings in the controls were in the normal range on all scales. Several hypotheses to explain the differences between young offenders' and their mother's reporting of symptoms are presented. The implications of these findings for forensic assessment of adolescents are discussed. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 1995. Copyright © 1995 by the Canadian Psychological Association)

Canada
Juvenile Offender
Mother Ratings
Parent Ratings
Parent Child Relations
Mother Child Relations
Self-Ratings
Offender Psychopathology
Juvenile Male
Juvenile Delinquency
Male Offender
Male Delinquency
Offender Nonoffender Comparison
Juvenile Psychopathology
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