random in the families in which parenting was shared equally, using a standardized procedure (Rutter, Cox, Tupling, Berger, & Yule, 1975). Detailed descriptions were obtained of any emotional or behavioral problems shown by the child. These descriptions of actual behavior, which included information about where the behavior was shown, severity of the behavior, frequency, precipitants, and course of the behavior over the past year were transcribed and rated by a child psychiatrist who was unaware of the nature of the study. A high level of reliability (r = .85) between ratings made by social scientists and those made by a child psychiatrist has been demonstrated for this procedure and “blindly” validity has been established through a high level of agreement with parents’ assessments of whether or not their children had emotional or behavioral difficulties (Rutter, et al., 1975). Externalizing and internalizing problems were rated according to severity on a scale ranging from 0 (no disorder) through 1 (dubious or trivial disorder) to 2 (definite disorder). Descriptive statistics are presented in Table 1. Table 1 about here Analysis plan
random in the families in which parenting was shared equally, using a standardized procedure (Rutter, Cox, Tupling, Berger, & Yule, 1975). Detailed descriptions were obtained of any emotional or behavioral problems shown by the child. These descriptions of actual behavior, which included information about where the behavior was shown, severity of the behavior, frequency, precipitants, and course of the behavior over the past year were transcribed and rated by a child psychiatrist who was unaware of the nature of the study. A high level of reliability (r = .85) between ratings made by social scientists and those made “blindly” by a child psychiatrist has been demonstrated for this procedure and validity has been established through a high level of agreement with parents’ assessments of whether or not their children had emotional or behavioral difficulties (Rutter, et al., 1975). Externalizing and internalizing problems were rated according to severity on a scale ranging from 0 (no disorder) through 1 (dubious or trivial disorder) to 2 (definite disorder). Descriptive statistics are presented in Table 1. Table 1 about here Analysis plan
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