TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - Multirater congruence on the social skills rating system: mother, father, and teacher assessments of urban head start children's social competencies
JO  - Early childhood research quarterly
A1  - Fagan, Jay
A1  - Fantuzzo, John W.
SP  - 229
EP  - 242
VL  - 14
IS  - 2
N2  - This study examined the relationships between parent and teacher and between mother and father SSRS reports of 134 urban Head Start children to assess the cross-informant capacity of the SSRS. The findings documented an insignificant relationship between parent and teacher SSRS ratings of children's social competence. The results revealed significant congruence between SSRS ratings of mothers and fathers. Mothers and fathers who reported higher levels of sharing childcare responsibilities evidenced higher levels of agreement on SSRS ratings of children. This study discusses the importance of Head Start staff, parent, and research partnerships for developing scales that have the capacity to foster home-school communications about children.<p /> 
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SN  - 0885-2006
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0885-2006(99)00010-1
ID  - ref1
ER  -