Analyzing differences between parent- and self-report measures with a latent space approach

PLoS One. 2022 Jun 29;17(6):e0269376. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269376. eCollection 2022.

Abstract

We explore potential cross-informant discrepancies between child- and parent-report measures with an example of the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and the Youth Self Report (YSR), parent- and self-report measures on children's behavioral and emotional problems. We propose a new way of examining the parent- and child-report differences with an interaction map estimated using a Latent Space Item Response Model (LSIRM). The interaction map enables the investigation of the dependency between items, between respondents, and between items and respondents, which is not possible with the conventional approach. The LSIRM captures the differential positions of items and respondents in the latent spaces for CBCL and YSR and identifies the relationships between each respondent and item according to their dependent structures. The results suggest that the analysis of item response in the latent space using the LSIRM is beneficial in uncovering the differential structures embedded in the response data obtained from different perspectives in children and their parents. This study also argues that the differential hidden structures of children and parents' responses should be taken together to evaluate children's behavioral problems.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Checklist
  • Humans
  • Parents* / psychology
  • Problem Behavior* / psychology
  • Self Report

Grants and funding

This research was supported by Brain Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT (NRF-2017M3C7A1030750), by the Yonsei University Research Fund of 2019-22-0210, and by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF 2020R1A2C1A01009881).