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The present study is to examine the relationship of ratings given by teacher, peer, and self on aggression and withdrawal. A total of 264 fourth and fifth grade children(134males, 130females) participated in the present study. These children were taken from 8 classrooms of a elemental five schools in Seoul. Children's ages ranged from 10 to 12, with a mean age of 10.59years. The results of the present study demonstrated that the degree of agreement on aggression and withdrawal between different types of observers differed considerably. Results indicated that peer-teacher agreement was the highest in the rating of aggression, while peer-self agrement was the highest in the rating of withdrawal, and teacher evaluations on aggressive-withdrawn children's self-concept showed that this group of children exhibited the greatest number of problems in every domain.