Abstract
The responses of 393 parents of clinic-referred and welladjusted children to the Children's Behavior Checklist were analyzed. Of 154 items, 66 proved to discriminate between clinic and nonclinic groups. Many of these items were reflective of the general dimensions of Competence and Impulsivity yielded by an overall factor analysis. More specific patterns of factors emerged for subgroups of parents. Interparent agreement in perception was found to be a complex function of a child's age, sex, and adjustment level. The implications of the results for clinical assessment of children and families and for studies of parentchild relations are discussed.
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Ferguson, L.R., Partyka, L.B. & Lester, B.M. Patterns of parent perception differentiating clinic from nonclinic children. J Abnorm Child Psychol 2, 169–181 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00918885
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