Does the BRIEF-P Predict Specific Executive Function Components in Preschoolers?. Issue 2 (2nd April 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Garon, Nancy M.; Piccinin, Claire; Smith, Isabel M.
• Is Part Of: Applied neuropsychology. Volume 5:Issue 2(2016)
• Page Start: 110
• Page End: 118
• Publication Date: 2016-04-02
• Subjects: BRIEF-P -- executive function -- inhibition -- preschool -- Preschool Executive Function Battery; Pediatric neuropsychology -- Periodicals; Neuropsychology -- Periodicals; Brain -- Physiology -- Periodicals; Brain -- Imaging -- Periodicals; Nervous system -- Diseases -- Diagnosis -- Periodicals; Nervous system -- Diseases -- Treatment -- Periodicals; 618.928
• DOI: 10.1080/21622965.2014.1002923
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2162-2965

Abstract

Abstract : The current study explored the association between the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function-Preschool (BRIEF-P; Gioia, Espy, & Isquith, 2003 ) and a new battery of direct executive function (EF) measures designed for preschoolers. Forty-two typically developing 3- to 5-year-olds were given the Preschool Executive Function Battery (PEFB; Garon, Smith & Bryson, 2014); their mothers filled out the BRIEF-P. The findings support distinct associations between 3 BRIEF-P scales and corresponding direct EF measures. In particular, a strong association was found between the BRIEF-P Inhibition scale and children's performance on the PEFB Inhibition measure. The findings indicate that parent ratings of preschoolers' everyday EF behavior are related to performance on the PEFB, a laboratory measure. These findings have implications for early screening of children's EF difficulties as well as for future research.