TY - JOUR
T1 - Cross Informant Agreement of Behavioral and Emotional Strengths between Finnish Students and Teachers
AU - Sointu, Erkko T.
AU - Savolainen, Hannu
AU - Lappalainen, Kristiina
AU - Epstein, Michael H.
PY - 2012/12
Y1 - 2012/12
N2 - Multiple informants such as teachers, students, and parents are commonly used as sources of information when assessing students' behaviors and emotions. However, there are few studies about cross informant agreement of strength-based assessment. The purpose of this study was to extend the international research on the Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale (BERS-2), a strength-based measure, to determine the cross informant agreement and convergent validity between student self-report and teacher report on the Finnish BERS-2 with a sample of 5th grade Finnish students (n = 275). The results of this study found that the Finnish BERS-2 possesses moderate to large cross informant agreement with coefficients ranging from.35 to.51. Consistency between student and teacher ratings shows that the Finnish BERS-2 is a reliable measure to assess students' strengths.
AB - Multiple informants such as teachers, students, and parents are commonly used as sources of information when assessing students' behaviors and emotions. However, there are few studies about cross informant agreement of strength-based assessment. The purpose of this study was to extend the international research on the Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale (BERS-2), a strength-based measure, to determine the cross informant agreement and convergent validity between student self-report and teacher report on the Finnish BERS-2 with a sample of 5th grade Finnish students (n = 275). The results of this study found that the Finnish BERS-2 possesses moderate to large cross informant agreement with coefficients ranging from.35 to.51. Consistency between student and teacher ratings shows that the Finnish BERS-2 is a reliable measure to assess students' strengths.
KW - BERS-2
KW - cross informant
KW - multiple informants
KW - strength-based assessment
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U2 - 10.1080/00313831.2011.621135
DO - 10.1080/00313831.2011.621135
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84868684546
VL - 56
SP - 625
EP - 636
JO - Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research
JF - Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research
SN - 0031-3831
IS - 6
ER -