Agreement and Congruence between Children and Adults on Child-Centered Constructs: A Meta-Analysis

This meta-analysis examined child-adult agreement across various domains and explored moderators, such as child age, child sex, adult informant role, and sample setting. Across 147 studies and 407 contributing effect sizes, results indicated an overall effect size of r=.46 [95% CI: .44-.49], with a high degree of heterogeneity between studies.