ABSTRACT

Concordance in reports on victimization and emotional problems is understudied. This paper explores child, parent, and teacher agreement in cross-sectional reports on children's victimization, anxiousness, and sadness, as well as longitudinal associations between these factors. In this population-based study of 419 school children, the informants reported that four in ten children were victimized. Venn diagrams displayed agreement in 19 out of 140 cases, indicating low concordance. On the other hand, logistic regression models demonstrated strong agreement on anxiousness, suggesting two to four times higher odds compared with non-victimized peers. Early anxiousness, sadness, and victimization typically were associated with the same adversity in adjusted two-year linear regression models, with a low explained variance (5–16%). The paper critically discusses sensitivity and specificity related to the high prevalence and low concordance of victimization and hypothesizes that signs of anxiousness may lead – or mislead – a significant number of adults to assume victimization.

摘要

关于受害和情绪问题的报告中的一致性没有得到充分研究。本文探讨了儿童、家长和教师在关于儿童受害、焦虑和悲伤的横断面报告中的一致性，以及这些因素之间的纵向关联。在这项针对 419 名学童的基于人群的研究中，线人报告说，十分之四的儿童受害。维恩图在 140 个案例中有 19 个显示一致，表明一致性较低。另一方面，逻辑回归模型在焦虑方面表现出强烈的一致性，表明与未受害的同龄人相比，这种可能性高出两到四倍。在调整后的两年线性回归模型中，早期的焦虑、悲伤和受害通常与相同的逆境相关，解释方差较低（5-16%）。