Integrating Assessment Data from Multiple Informants

OBJECTIVE: To examine the consequences for measurement of child psychiatric disorder (conduct and oppositional disorders) of not integrating the data on the same individual from different informants compared with integrating the information from parents and teachers, using three different strategies. METHOD: Data for the study came from problem checklist assessments done by parents and teachers of children aged 6 to 16 years (N = 1,134) …