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BRIEF NOTE

The Relationship Between Self-Ratings and Mothers' Ratings of Behavioral Problems Among Recent Adolescent Immigrants to Israel

Pages 41-48 | Received 03 Jun 1995, Accepted 08 Jan 1996, Published online: 12 Oct 2008
 

ABSTRACT

Two hundred male and female adolescents and their mothers, recent immigrants from the former USSR to Israel, completed the following behavioral and sociopsychological inventories: The Youth Self-Report and Child Behavioral Checklist, and the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support and Immigration Related Stressors Scale. No gender differences were found with respect to behavioral problem self-ratings. The mothers' mean behavioral problems' rating was 1.6 times lower than that of the adolescents. The main factors influencing discrepancies between adolescents' and mothers' ratings were as follows: attitudes towards immigration, assessments of adjustment difficulties, relationships with Israeli peers, readiness to adopt Israeli cultural norms and duration of residence in Israel. Results are discussed with respect to the effects of immigration on the relationship between adolescent and mother ratings.

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