Teacher reports of emotional and behavioral problems in Nepali schoolchildren: to what extent do they agree with parent reports?

Table 5 Teacher-parent agreement and the effect of gender

Scales	Pearson’s correlation	Correlation for boys	Correlation for girls	Z test ^Ω	Effect size q^a
Total Problems	0.38 **	0.36	0.40	–1.16	0.04
Externalizing Problems	0.37 **	0.37	0.35	0.83	0.03
Internalizing Problems	0.34 **	0.30	0.38	–2.87**	0.09
Aggressive behavior	0.33 **	0.33	0.31	0.65	0.02
Rule-Breaking behavior	0.36 **	0.37	0.30	2.45	0.08
Attention Problems	0.37 **	0.35	0.39	–1.52	0.05
Thought Problems	0.29 **	0.27	0.31	–1.24	0.04
Social Problems	0.26 **	0.25	0.26	–0.40	0.01
Somatic Problems	0.33 **	0.31	0.36	–1.49	0.05
Withdrawn/ Depressed	0.28 **	0.25	0.32	–2.22	0.07
Anxious/ Depressed	0.28 **	0.24	0.31	–2.44	0.08

^* P < 0.05; **P < 0.005; ***P < 0.0005
^Ω The Z is a test statistic used to test for gender differences for the correlations; a. effect size q =|z₁ – z₂|, where z_i = .5*ln((1 + r_i)/(1-r_i)), and r₁ represent the correlation for boys and r₂ represent the correlation for girls

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