MOTHERS AS ASSESSORS OF THEIR CHILDREN’S BEHAVIOR

Rad se bavi problemom metode procjena i procjenjivača u psihosocijalnim istraživanjima. Posebno se analizira valjanost majki kao procjenjivača ponašanja, funkcioniranja i zdravlja njihove djece. Rezultati ovog ispitivanja pokazuju da su procjene simptoma kod djece iz percepcije majki u daleko većoj povezanosti s njihovim psihičkim stanjem nego sa samoprocjenama djece, subjekata opterećenih ispitivanim simptomima. Pokazalo se da su majke loši procjenjivači kada su predmet procjena osobine njihove vlastite djece, što je u skladu sa ranijim istraživanjima.The article deals with the problem of method of assessment and assessor in psycho- social research. Validity of mothers as assessors of their children’s behavior functioning and health is especially analyzed. Results of this study show that the assessment of children’s symptoms as perceived by mothers was far more connected to mothers’ psychological condition than to self-assessment of children, subjects who suffered the symptoms studied. Mothers were found to be poor assessors of characteristics of their own children, which corresponds to findings from previous research