@article{ref1,
title="Discrepancies in youth self-report and case file report of maltreatment and association with internalizing and externalizing symptoms",
journal="Child abuse and neglect",
year="2022",
author="Cooley, Daryl T. and Jackson, Yo and Stoolmiller, Mike",
volume="133",
number="",
pages="e105845-e105845",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Childhood maltreatment is a potential risk factor for the later development of psychopathology (Jaffee, 2017). However, there is no gold standard for identifying victims of child maltreatment, and when multiple informants - such as case files and youth self-report - are used, these sources often disagree (Cooley & Jackson, 2022). <br><br>OBJECTIVE: The current study aimed to explore discrepancies between youth self-report and case file report of maltreatment and examine how these discrepancies related to internalizing and externalizing symptoms. PARTICIPANTS/SETTING: Participants were 470 youth living in foster care between the ages of 8 and 18 and their caregivers. <br><br>METHODS: Latent class analysis (LCA) was used to create novel groups based on informant discrepancies. <br><br>RESULTS: Agreement between informants was in the poor-to-fair agreement range for all types of maltreatment. Latent class analysis identified a 3-class solution with significant group differences on both externalizing (Χ(2) (2, N = 470) = 6.16, p = 0.05) and internalizing symptoms (Χ(2) (2, N = 470) = 6.10, p = 0.05). Specifically, those in the &quot;self-report only&quot; class had significantly higher symptoms than those in the &quot;neither informant/case file only&quot; class for both internalizing and externalizing behavior. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Case files and youth self-report of maltreatment are discrepant. Youth self-report of maltreatment history may be more closely linked to psychopathology than case file report of maltreatment. Researchers and practitioners should look to youth self-report rather than relying solely on case files when determining risk for psychopathology.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0145-2134",
doi="10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105845",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105845"
}