A longitudinal look at Parent-child diagnostic agreement in youth treated for anxiety disorders
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
12-1-2005
Abstract
This study examined diagnostic agreement between children and their parents for seventy 9- to 13-year-olds (45 boys and 25 girls) who had received cognitive-behavioral treatment for anxiety disorders. Parent-child diagnostic rates and agreements for generalized anxiety disorder, separation anxiety disorder, and social phobia were evaluated at 3 time points: pretreatment, posttreatment, and 7.4-year follow-up. Results indicate that parent-child diagnostic agreement was typically poor to moderate (κ = -.03 to .64) and that estimates of agreement remained relatively unchanged (a) following treatment and (b) as the children enter adolescence and young adulthood. Parent-daughter agreement was better than parent-son agreement in some cases. Although it remains unclear whether parent or child diagnostic information is most accurate, positive treatment outcome appears to be possible despite poor parent-child diagnostic agreement. Copyright © 2005 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
Volume
34
Issue
4
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Saffbrd, Scott M., Philip C. Kendall, Ellen Flannery-Schroeder, Alicia Webb, and Heath Sommer. "A longitudinal look at Parent-child diagnostic agreement in youth treated for anxiety disorders." Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology 34, 4 (2005): 747-757. doi: 10.1207/s15374424jccp3404_16.