Parry, Jazmin (2020) Parent-Youth Informant Discrepancies in the Assessment of Internalising Symptoms. Honours thesis, University of Southern Queensland. (Unpublished)
Abstract
Psychological assessments for youth are important in early identification and intervention of mental health concerns. A comprehensive assessment incorporates information from multiple informants, including the youth and their parents, to help guide treatment. However, multiple informants often provide inconsistent information. This is referred to as “informant discrepancy”. Internalising symptoms, such as anxiety and depression, can be difficult for the parent to correctly identify. Discrepancies in reporting such symptoms have been found to hold important implications for the identification of psychological concerns, treatment planning and prognosis. This study aims to assess parent-youth informant discrepancy and agreement in reports of internalising symptoms amongst a sample of 42 participants assessed at the USQ Psychology Clinic. The research focuses on the results of two commonly used and validated measures, the Conner’s Behaviour Rating Scale for Parents - Revised and the Beck Youth Inventories – Second Edition. Internalising symptoms for both measures were examined using correlations and base rates. Results indicated that parents were found to report higher levels of clinically elevated internalising symptoms compared to youth. Higher rates of agreement were observed between youth reporting depressive symptoms and parent reporting clinically elevated levels of difficulties related to emotional distress and social difficulties. These findings highlight the difficulties in obtaining consistencies across youth and parent reporting internalising symptoms. Practitioners may benefit from evaluating levels of healthy communication within the family during assessment
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| Item Type: | Thesis (Non-Research) (Honours) |
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| Item Status: | Live Archive |
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| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Psychology and Counselling (1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2021) |
| Supervisors: | Govind Krishnamoorthy |
| Qualification: | Bachelor of Science (Honours) |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Sep 2025 05:43 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Sep 2025 05:43 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Anxiety; Adolescent; BAI; Beck Depression Inventory for Youth; Beck Youth Inventories; Beck Self-Concept Inventory; BYI-II; Child; Child Behavior Disorders –diagnosis; Child Behavior Disorders – psychology; Childhood; CPRS-R; Depression; Diagnosis Informant discrepancy; Developmental Psychology; Parents; Preschool; Psychometrics; Personality Assessment - statistics & numerical data; Rating scale; Self report; Self-concept; The Conners’ Parent Rating Scales-Revised (CPRS-R); |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1799 Other Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5299 Other psychology > 529999 Other psychology not elsewhere classified |
| URI: | https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/52651 |
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