Behavioral and Emotional Problems Among Jamaican and African American Children, Ages 6 to 11: Teacher Reports Versus Direct Observations

Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders - Tập 7 Số 4 - Trang 240-250 - 1999
Marieva Puig1, Michael C. Lambert2, George T. Rowan3, Tyrone Winfrey4, Mikhail Lyubansky3, Stanley D. Hannah5, Martin Hill6
1Department of Psychology at Michigan State University.
2David Walker Research Institute, College of Human Medicine, at Michigan State University
3Michigan State University
4UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
5Curry School of Education University of Virginia.
6College of Education at Michigan State University

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Several studies have demonstrated the importance of comparing different informants' (i.e., teachers, parents, observers) reports of children's behavior. A study comparing Jamaican and U.S. teacher reports on children ages 6 to II revealed that Jamaican teachers reported higher problem scores in their pupils than U.S. teachers. Do Jamaican children really have more problems than U.S. children, or do teachers in these two countries have different tolerance levels for certain problems? This study addressed this question by comparing observers' and teachers' reports on Jamaican and African American children. We obtained teachers' reports and conducted structured direct observations on the same group of children. Considerable disparity emerged between observers' and teachers' ratings of Jamaican versus African American pupils.The findings suggest that ethnic similarities between Jamaican pupils and their teachers and the lack of similarities between African American pupils and their teachers may affect the teachers' threshold for perceiving the problems that their pupils present.

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Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

Tập 7 Số 4

240-250

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