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Relationships Between Cognitive and Behavioral Measures of Executive Function in Children With Brain Disease

Anderson, Vicki A., Anderson, Peter, Northam, Elisabeth, Jacobs, Rani, Mikiewicz, Ola·2002·Child Neuropsychology

Abstract

This study addressed the clinical and construct validity of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function. (BRIEF: Gioia, Isquith, Guy, & Kenworthy, 2000), a questionnaire designed to tap behavioral aspects of executive functions in children. BRIEF profiles in early treated phenylketonuria (PKU; n=44), early treated hydrocephalus (n=45), frontal focal lesions (n=20) and controls (n=80) were examined. Clinical validity was supported through significant between-group comparisons, especially between the frontal focal lesion group and other groups. To examine construct validity, raw scores on cognitive executive function measures including the Contingency Naming Test (CNT), Rey Complex Figure (RCF), Tower of London (TOL), and Controlled Oral Word Association Test (COWAT), were correlated with BRIEF scale scores. Few significant correlations were found, indicating cognitive and behavioral measures appear to tap different constructs within the executive function domain. A dissociation was found between behavioral and cognitive impairments in the frontal as opposed to PKU and hydrocephalus groups. This is discussed in relation to underlying pathology, the cognitive measures used, and possible limitations in the BRIEF's usefulness for measuring behavioral executive dysfunction in groups only mildly affected by neurological compromise.

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  • Agreement between the BRIEF and established executive function cognitive tasks is at best modest.

    “The level of agreement between the BRIEF and well-established EF cognitive tasks is at best modest (V. A. Anderson, Anderson, Northam, Jacobs, & Mikiewicz, 2002), supporting the view that each form of assessment provides unique information.”

    From Assessing Executive Function in Preschoolers (2012) · cites this paper as V. A. Anderson, Anderson, Northam, Jacobs, & Mikiewicz, 2002

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Authors
Anderson, V. A., Anderson, P., Northam, E., Jacobs, R., & Mikiewicz, O.
Affiliations
  • The University of Melbourne (AU)
  • Royal Children's Hospital (AU)
Venue
Child Neuropsychology
Published
2002-12
Volume
8
Issue
4
Pages
231-240
ISSN
  • 0929-7049 (ISSN-L)
  • 1744-4136
OpenAlex
W2039728972
Cited by
338
References
23
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.03
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Child Neuropsychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Health and Medical Research Council
  • National Medical Research Council
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Historical and Modern Theater Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Keywords
executive function, Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function, phenylketonuria, hydrocephalus, frontal lobe lesions, construct validity, clinical validity
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Child, Child Behavior Disorders, Child, Preschool, Cognition Disorders, Female, Frontal Lobe, Humans, Hydrocephalus, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Neuropsychological Tests, Phenylketonurias, Surveys and Questionnaires, Severity of Illness Index, Reproducibility of Results

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