Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Canada.
J Pers Assess. 2011 Nov;93(6):539-44. doi: 10.1080/00223891.2011.608763.
A long-standing issue in child clinical research is the integration of various informants, but this topic has not been comprehensively applied to the domain of child personality. Mothers and fathers rated their children (N = 346) on personality traits and behavioral problems. Mother-father agreement was highest for Conscientiousness and lowest for Neuroticism and Agreeableness. Each parent's ratings added incremental variance in predicting behavioral problems, and mother-father discrepancy predicted internalizing problems. These results suggest that both parents should be used as informants in child personality assessment and discrepancies might reflect meaningful variance with clinical utility.
儿童临床研究中长期存在的一个问题是如何整合各种信息来源，但这个话题尚未被全面应用于儿童个性领域。母亲和父亲对孩子（N=346）的个性特征和行为问题进行了评价。母亲和父亲在尽责性上的一致性最高，而在神经质和宜人性上的一致性最低。每位家长的评分都能增加对行为问题预测的额外差异，而父母之间的差异则可以预测出内化问题。这些结果表明，在儿童个性评估中应同时使用父母作为信息来源，而差异可能反映了具有临床应用价值的有意义差异。
