Others' reports of youth distress (e.g., parent, aggregated peer reports) typically evidence small to moderate agreement with youth self-reports, which may negatively impact identification of youth in distress. The proposed research examines the utility of obtaining assessment information from children's and adolescents' friends. Using a community sample of 4th and 11th grade participants, areas of congruence and discrepancy between parent-, peer-, and reciprocal friend-reports of youths' distress, in relation to youth self-reports, will be assessed via broad and narrow band measures of internalizing and externalizing distress. Friend reports are hypothesized to be related more strongly to self-reported distress among adolescents than children; the opposite pattern of results is expected with parent reports. The degree to which relations between reports are moderated by gender, symptom domain, relationship qualities, and perceived social support sought from different relationship partners will also be examined. Findings are expected to further clarify the roles of relationship partners as sources of support and to inform preventative interventions targeting the identification of at-risk youth.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Type
Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)
Project #
1F31MH070079-01
Application #
6738707
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZRG1-RPHB-4 (20))
Program Officer
Altman, Fred
Project Start
2003-09-30
Project End
2005-09-29
Budget Start
2003-09-30
Budget End
2004-09-29
Support Year
1
Fiscal Year
2003
Total Cost
$27,257
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Missouri-Columbia
Department
Psychology
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
153890272
City
Columbia
State
MO
Country
United States
Zip Code
65211