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Parent-Teacher Agreement On Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome Symptoms In School-Age Children

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Aim: This study examined how well parent and teacher reports are concordant in evaluating Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome (CDS) symptoms in school-age children. Method: The epidemiological sample consisted of 268 randomly chosen children aged 7 to 11 from four metropolitan cities in Turkey. Both parents and teachers evaluated the children by completing the Barkley Sluggish Cognitive Tempo Scale- Children and Adolescents (BSCTS-CA) and the CDS-Child Behavior Checklist (CDS-CBCL). Agreement and correlations between parent and teacher reports regarding CDS were assessed via coefficients of Cohen’s Kappa (k) and Spearman’s Rho (r). Results: Parents were not in agreement with teachers concerning the presence/absence of CDS (k=0,143, p=0,042 according to BSCTS-CA evaluation; k=0,039, p=0,366 according to CDS-CBCL evaluation). However, parent and teacher ratings on CDS-daydreaming and CDS-sluggish scores of BSCTS-CA showed medium correlation (r=0,375, r=0,305; respectively; all p<0,001); whereas showed low correlation on CDS-CBCL total scores (r=0,290, p<0,001). Parent and teacher ratings showed low correlations on 9 out of 12 BSCTS-CA items (all r<0,26, all p<0,05) and on 3 out of 4 CDS-CBCL items (all r<0,16, all p<0,05). Conclusion: The findings demonstrate that parents and teachers are in low agreement and concordance in evaluating CDS in school-age children. Despite medium-level correlations on both CDS symptom dimensions, the concordance between parents and teachers on almost all CDS symptoms remains at low levels. Although the outcomes may vary across different cultures, clinicians should pay regard to low inter-rater agreement on CDS symptoms in school-age children while evaluating them for CDS.

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Etik Beyan

Ethical approval was obtained from the Ege University Ethical Committee of Clinical Research (decision no: 15-11/3).

Teşekkür

The authors acknowledge all the participating children and adolescents and their parents who were involved in the study.

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APA
Tahıllıoğlu, A., Kardaş, B., Kardaş, Ö., Saday Duman, N., Gökten, E. S., Çıkılı Uytun, M., Kahraman, Ö., Özdemir, E., Irmak Taşdemir, A., Lushi Şan, Z., Dönder Şen, F., Kurt Yılmaz, E., Yılmaz Türkel, G., Ergüven Demirtaş, M., & Ercan, E. S. (2025). Parent-Teacher Agreement On Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome Symptoms In School-Age Children. Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi, 12(1), 72-79. https://doi.org/10.34087/cbusbed.1550016
AMA
1.Tahıllıoğlu A, Kardaş B, Kardaş Ö, vd. Parent-Teacher Agreement On Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome Symptoms In School-Age Children. CBU-SBED. 2025;12(1):72-79. doi:10.34087/cbusbed.1550016
Chicago
Tahıllıoğlu, Akın, Burcu Kardaş, Ömer Kardaş, vd. 2025. “Parent-Teacher Agreement On Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome Symptoms In School-Age Children”. Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi 12 (1): 72-79. https://doi.org/10.34087/cbusbed.1550016.
EndNote
Tahıllıoğlu A, Kardaş B, Kardaş Ö, Saday Duman N, Gökten ES, Çıkılı Uytun M, Kahraman Ö, Özdemir E, Irmak Taşdemir A, Lushi Şan Z, Dönder Şen F, Kurt Yılmaz E, Yılmaz Türkel G, Ergüven Demirtaş M, Ercan ES (01 Mart 2025) Parent-Teacher Agreement On Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome Symptoms In School-Age Children. Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi 12 1 72–79.
IEEE
[1]A. Tahıllıoğlu vd., “Parent-Teacher Agreement On Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome Symptoms In School-Age Children”, CBU-SBED, c. 12, sy 1, ss. 72–79, Mar. 2025, doi: 10.34087/cbusbed.1550016.
ISNAD
Tahıllıoğlu, Akın - Kardaş, Burcu - Kardaş, Ömer - Saday Duman, Nagihan - Gökten, Emel Sarı - Çıkılı Uytun, Merve - Kahraman, Özlem v.dğr. “Parent-Teacher Agreement On Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome Symptoms In School-Age Children”. Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi 12/1 (01 Mart 2025): 72-79. https://doi.org/10.34087/cbusbed.1550016.
JAMA
1.Tahıllıoğlu A, Kardaş B, Kardaş Ö, Saday Duman N, Gökten ES, Çıkılı Uytun M, Kahraman Ö, Özdemir E, Irmak Taşdemir A, Lushi Şan Z, Dönder Şen F, Kurt Yılmaz E, Yılmaz Türkel G, Ergüven Demirtaş M, Ercan ES. Parent-Teacher Agreement On Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome Symptoms In School-Age Children. CBU-SBED. 2025;12:72–79.
MLA
Tahıllıoğlu, Akın, vd. “Parent-Teacher Agreement On Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome Symptoms In School-Age Children”. Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi, c. 12, sy 1, Mart 2025, ss. 72-79, doi:10.34087/cbusbed.1550016.
Vancouver
1.Akın Tahıllıoğlu, Burcu Kardaş, Ömer Kardaş, Nagihan Saday Duman, Emel Sarı Gökten, Merve Çıkılı Uytun, Özlem Kahraman, Esra Özdemir, Ayşe Irmak Taşdemir, Zeyneb Lushi Şan, Funda Dönder Şen, Elif Kurt Yılmaz, Gamze Yılmaz Türkel, Merve Ergüven Demirtaş, Eyüp Sabri Ercan. Parent-Teacher Agreement On Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome Symptoms In School-Age Children. CBU-SBED. 01 Mart 2025;12(1):72-9. doi:10.34087/cbusbed.1550016