TY - JOUR
T1 - Validity of the behavior rating inventory of executive function in children with ADHD and/or Tourette syndrome
AU - Mahone, E. Mark
AU - Cirino, Paul T.
AU - Cutting, Laurie E.
AU - Cerrone, Paula M.
AU - Hagelthorn, Kathleen M.
AU - Hiemenz, Jennifer R.
AU - Singer, Harvey S.
AU - Denckla, Martha B.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by grant NS-25806, Neurodevelopmental Pathways to Learning Disabilities, and the Behavioral Core of the Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Center, grant HD-24061. The authors thank Gerard A. Gioia and Peter K. Isquith for their support and helpful suggestions during the preparation of this manuscript, and for providing access to the standardization data and scoring procedures from the BRIEF for this study.
PY - 2002/10
Y1 - 2002/10
N2 - The dynamic, multidimensional nature of executive function (EF), thought to be characteristically impaired in those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), has been challenging to operationalize and assess in a clinical setting [Barkley, R. A. (1997). ADHD and the nature of self-control. New York: Guilford Press.]. Gioia, Isquith, Guy, and Kenworthy [Gioia, G. A., Isquith, P. K., Guy, S. C., & Kenworthy, L. (2000) Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function. Odessa, FL: Psychological Assessment Resources.] developed the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) to address these concerns. In order to provide concurrent validity information on the BRIEF, parents of 76 children (ADHD=18; Tourette syndrome (TS)=21; TS+ADHD=17; controls=20) completed the BRIEF, additional behavior rating scales and interviews, measures of psychoeducational (PE) competence, and performance-based measures of EF. Both ADHD and TS+ADHD groups were rated as more impaired (P<.0001) than the other groups on the five primary BRIEF indices. BRIEF index scores showed no significant correlation with performance-based EF or PE measures, with the exception of math achievement; however, the BRIEF showed a strong relationship with interviews and other parent rating measures of behaviors seen in ADHD. Future attempts to validate the BRIEF should focus on differences within subtypes of ADHD (e.g., inattentive, combined subtypes), and separating ADHD from other clinical groups in which EF is reported to be a problem.
AB - The dynamic, multidimensional nature of executive function (EF), thought to be characteristically impaired in those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), has been challenging to operationalize and assess in a clinical setting [Barkley, R. A. (1997). ADHD and the nature of self-control. New York: Guilford Press.]. Gioia, Isquith, Guy, and Kenworthy [Gioia, G. A., Isquith, P. K., Guy, S. C., & Kenworthy, L. (2000) Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function. Odessa, FL: Psychological Assessment Resources.] developed the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) to address these concerns. In order to provide concurrent validity information on the BRIEF, parents of 76 children (ADHD=18; Tourette syndrome (TS)=21; TS+ADHD=17; controls=20) completed the BRIEF, additional behavior rating scales and interviews, measures of psychoeducational (PE) competence, and performance-based measures of EF. Both ADHD and TS+ADHD groups were rated as more impaired (P<.0001) than the other groups on the five primary BRIEF indices. BRIEF index scores showed no significant correlation with performance-based EF or PE measures, with the exception of math achievement; however, the BRIEF showed a strong relationship with interviews and other parent rating measures of behaviors seen in ADHD. Future attempts to validate the BRIEF should focus on differences within subtypes of ADHD (e.g., inattentive, combined subtypes), and separating ADHD from other clinical groups in which EF is reported to be a problem.
KW - ADHD
KW - Behavior rating scales
KW - Executive functions
KW - Tourette syndrome
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U2 - 10.1016/S0887-6177(01)00168-8
DO - 10.1016/S0887-6177(01)00168-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 14591848
AN - SCOPUS:0036804640
VL - 17
SP - 643
EP - 662
JO - Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
JF - Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
SN - 0887-6177
IS - 7
ER -