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Accuracy of the Peer Informant: What Characteristics Are Related to the Ability to Detect Behavior Problems in Peers?
Title
Accuracy of the Peer Informant: What Characteristics Are Related to the Ability to Detect Behavior Problems in Peers?.
Creator
Lauer, Brea-anne, Renk, Kimberly, Beidel, Deborah, Sims, Valerie, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
Victimization and rejection by peers leads to and exacerbates behavior problems in children and adolescents. Given the implications of problematic peer relations for adolescents who experience behavior problems, the present study examined factors that may be related to how adolescents perceive peers who exhibit such problems. Specifically, the present study examined the relationship of adolescent peer informants' socioeconomic status, their prior exposure to psychopathology, their own social...
Show moreVictimization and rejection by peers leads to and exacerbates behavior problems in children and adolescents. Given the implications of problematic peer relations for adolescents who experience behavior problems, the present study examined factors that may be related to how adolescents perceive peers who exhibit such problems. Specifically, the present study examined the relationship of adolescent peer informants' socioeconomic status, their prior exposure to psychopathology, their own social competence, and their own behavior problems to their perceptions of peer internalizing and externalizing behavior problems, their liking of individuals who exhibit such problems, and their attributions for the etiology of such problems when portrayed by fictitious adolescents of the same age. In particular, adolescents were asked to rate a set of vignettes that portray internalizing and externalizing behavior problems that are seen commonly in peers and to complete a set of brief questionnaires. Results revealed that adolescents are able to accurately detect the presence of both internalizing and externalizing behavior problems in vignette characters. Additionally, vignette characters who display behavior problems received significantly lower liking ratings. Finally, although adolescents endorsed both internal and external etiological factors, ratings were related to the gender of the depicted vignette character and the nature of the portrayed behavior problems. Participants' own externalizing problems, social competence, and previous exposure to behavior problems in others related uniquely to adolescents' perceptions of the vignette characters. Overall, this study provided additional evidence that, although peers can serve as valuable informants, they also tended to reject adolescents who display behavior problems.
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Date Issued
2012
Identifier
CFE0004185, ucf:49022
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0004185
Friendship and Informant Characteristics Associated with Agreement among Adolescent and Friend Ratings of Behavior Problems.
Title
Friendship and Informant Characteristics Associated with Agreement among Adolescent and Friend Ratings of Behavior Problems.
Creator
Lauer, Brea-anne, Renk, Kimberly, Beidel, Deborah, Sims, Valerie, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
Although teacher and parent informants often are used to gather information regarding adolescents' emotional and behavioral functioning, research has suggested that agreement among these raters and adolescents' self-ratings tends to be low to moderate. Given that friends typically play an important role in the lives of adolescents, the present study sought to determine the relative agreement amongst adolescent self-reports and those of their friends as well as factors that might impact this...
Show moreAlthough teacher and parent informants often are used to gather information regarding adolescents' emotional and behavioral functioning, research has suggested that agreement among these raters and adolescents' self-ratings tends to be low to moderate. Given that friends typically play an important role in the lives of adolescents, the present study sought to determine the relative agreement amongst adolescent self-reports and those of their friends as well as factors that might impact this agreement. In particular, a sample of 207 culturally diverse high school students were matched based on perceived friendship closeness and asked to provide ratings of their own emotional and behavioral problems as well as that of an identified friend. Additionally, adolescents provided information regarding their friendship quality, previous exposure to psychopathology in others, and social competence as well as their endorsements for etiological attributions for friends' behavior. Results revealed that adolescent self-ratings and those of their friends demonstrate high levels of agreement for both internalizing and externalizing problems. Further, raters' emotional and behavioral problems were related inconsistently to rating agreement, whereas friendship quality and other rater characteristics (i.e., previous exposure, social competence) did not demonstrate a relationship. Additionally, friends tended to provide explanations for behavior problems that varied according to the type of behavior observed. Specifically, adolescents were more likely to provide explanations that were external in nature for internalizing symptoms, whereas explanations for externalizing symptoms were both internal and external. Overall, this study provided additional support for the utility of friend informants when ratings of adolescents' emotional and behavioral problems are needed.
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Date Issued
2015
Identifier
CFE0005824, ucf:50905
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0005824