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Reporting by parents of longstanding illness in their adolescent children

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  • Ecob, Russell
  • Macintyre, Sally
  • West, Patrick

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Parents' proxy reports of longstanding illness in their 15 year children are compared with the young people's own reports, both overall and between different reporting contexts; mother alone, father alone and both parents together. Parents over-report longstanding, but not limiting longstanding, illness in comparison to self report. There is no evidence of differential over-reporting by reporting context, but a number of differences are found in the likelihood of disagreement between these reporting contexts. The gender of the young person influences the relationship between proxy and self reports.

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  • Ecob, Russell & Macintyre, Sally & West, Patrick, 1993. "Reporting by parents of longstanding illness in their adolescent children," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 36(8), pages 1017-1022, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:36:y:1993:i:8:p:1017-1022
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