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Interparent agreement on the Personality Inventory for Children: Are substantial correlations sufficient?

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Mothers' and fathers' responses on the Personality Inventory for Children (PIC) were compared for 360 clinic-referred children and adolescents. Interparent agreement was measured by several different indices. Correlations between parental pairs of scale T-scores derived from each parent averaged .66 for 13 of the profile scales; 9 of the scales exceeded this value. In contrast, mothers and fathers agreed in the classification of the presence of clinical significance an average of 77% of the time across these 13 scales, and pairs of parental PIC profiles contained an average of 3 scales in disagreement. The type of index used to measure interparent agreement was found to affect the results. The discussion examines the nature of interparent disagreement and addresses the implications regarding the use of fathers as informants on this instrument.

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  1. Wayne State University, USA

    Thomas A. Hulbert

  2. Division of Psychology, Lafayette Clinic, 951 East Lafayette, 48207, Detroit, Michigan

    Charles L. Gdowski

  3. Good Samaritan Medical Center, USA

    David Lachar

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This article is based on Thomas A. Hulbert's master's thesis. The authors extend their appreciation to James Orisell and Dena Mussaff for their assistance in data preparation and analysis.

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Hulbert, T.A., Gdowski, C.L. & Lachar, D. Interparent agreement on the Personality Inventory for Children: Are substantial correlations sufficient?. J Abnorm Child Psychol 14, 115–122 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00917227

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