The comparison and combination of multi-informant and multi-method data on preschoolers’ externalizing behaviour.
(2013) The International Journal of Educational and Psychological Assessment — Vol. 14, n° 2, p. 79-93 (2013)
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- The current research studied the agreement between mothers, teachers and clinicians assessing externalizing behaviour of referred preschoolers. It also appraises innovative way as proposed by Kraemer et al. (2003) of combining multi-informant and multi-method data. Data were collected from a sample of 92 referred preschooler boys, their mothers, teachers and the clinicians they were consulting. Mothers’ ratings were obtained with the SNAP-IV (Bussing et al., 2008), the teachers’ ones with the PSA (Dumas et al., 1997) and the clinicians’ ones with the Snap game (Hughes et al., 2002). The validity of the combination of the sources of information was tested by relating it to a criterion variable, i. e. disorganisation in attachment representations. The results confirmed low agreement between the sources of information but point to specificities of referred preschoolers. The appropriateness and the validity of the mathematical model of Kraemer et al. (2003) for combining mothers’, teachers’ and clinicians’ ratings of preschoolers’ externalizing behaviour was also generally supported by the results. Recommendations for both research and clinical purposes are provided in the discussion section.
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Roskam, I., Meunier, J.-c., & Stiévenart, M. (2013). The comparison and combination of multi-informant and multi-method data on preschoolers’ externalizing behaviour. The International Journal of Educational and Psychological Assessment, 14(2), 79-93. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/59209 (Original work published 2013)