Cross-Informant Ratings of the Emotional and Behavioral Functioning of College Students |
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Authors: | Kimberly Renk Reesa Donnelly Jenny Klein Arazais Oliveros Elizabeth Baksh |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, University of Central Florida, P.O. Box 161390, Orlando, FL 32816, USA |
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Abstract: | One hundred seventy-four college students and a subset of their mothers and fathers provided ratings of college students’
emotional and behavioral functioning. College students and their mothers and fathers demonstrated variable levels of correspondence
in their ratings of college students’ internalizing and externalizing behavior problems. Similar findings were noted with
t-test comparisons, with college students rating themselves as experiencing significantly higher levels of behavior problems
than did their mothers and fathers. Further, college students’ ratings of their mothers’ and fathers’ parenting and their
perceptions of their parents predicted significantly their ratings of their own behavior problems. Although mothers’ communication
reciprocity and perceptions of their college students served as significant predictors of mothers’ ratings, a different pattern
of results occurred with paternal variables. Overall, these findings further the understanding of correspondence and predictors
of cross-informant ratings of college students’ emotional and behavioral functioning.
Kimberly Renk is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando, Florida, serving
the Department of Psychology’s Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology at the University
of Illinois, her Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology at Illinois State University, and her Doctoral degree in Clinical
Psychology at the University of South Florida after completing a predoctoral internship in Clinical Psychology at the Louisiana
State University Health Sciences Center. Her current interests include parents’ perceptions of their children’s emotional
and behavioral functioning and parent-child interactions. She and her graduate students pursue the study of these topics and
provide clinical services to the community surrounding UCF through the Understanding Children and Families laboratory.
Reesa Donnelly is a Doctoral student at the University of Central Florida. She received her B.A. in Psychology from the University
of Virginia and her M.S. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Central Florida. Her major research interests include
parent-child relationships in the context of cognitive development and health psychology.
Jenny Klein is a Doctoral student at the University of Central Florida. She received her B.S. in Psychology from the University
of Florida and her M.S. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Central Florida. Her main research interests are in
the area of family interactions, parenting, and child emotional and behavioral problems in minority populations.
Arazais Oliveros is a Doctoral student at the University of Central Florida. She received her B.A. in psychology from Florida
International University and her M.S. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Central Florida. Her major research interests
involve the area of children and parenting, especially in families with risk factors for child maltreatment (e.g., marital
abuse, medical concerns).
Elizabeth Baksh is a Graduate student at the University of Central Florida. She received her B.S. in psychology and religious
studies from the University of Miami and her M.S.W. from the University of South Florida. Her major research interests include
parent-child relationships in the context of pediatric psychology. |
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Keywords: | Informant ratings Emotional and behavioral functioning College students Mothers Fathers |
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