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Title of Journal: Adm Policy Ment Health
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Abbravation: Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
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Authors: Robin E Gearing Craig S J Schwalbe Michael J MacKenzie Kathryne B Brewer Rawan W Ibrahim
Publish Date: 2014/06/18
Volume: 42, Issue: 3, Pages: 279-287
Abstract
For children residing in institutional settings staff act as primary caregivers and often provide assessment of child psychopathology Minimal research exists on how and when staffcaregivers are best positioned to report on youth mental health This study examines differences between 60 staffreported and 60 adolescentreported Child Behavioral Checklist/Youth SelfReport CBCL/YSR scores in Jordanian care centers and the associations between adolescent–staff agreement demographic characteristics and child–caregiver relationship factors Results indicated small to modest correlations between informant scores Additionally staffcaregivers who know the child over 1 year and have a high perceived fit are better able to approximate the adolescent’s selfreport of psychopathology
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