The Childhood Executive Function Inventory: Confirmatory Factor Analyses and Cross-Cultural Clinical Validity in a Sample of 8- to 11-Year-Old Children
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Objective: The aim was to investigate the psychometric characteristics of the French adaptation of the Childhood Executive Functioning Inventory (CHEXI) in children and to explore the cross-cultural validity of the CHEXI in discriminating between children with ADHD and controls in two culturally different samples (Belgian and Swedish). Method: Study I included normally developing children ( n = 242), whereas Study II included both children diagnosed with ADHD ( n = 87) and controls ( n = 87). CHEXI ratings were collected from parents. Results: Confirmatory factor analyses replicated the two-factor solution, referred to as inhibition and working memory, which had been identified previously. Both subscales had good psychometric properties. Furthermore, the CHEXI was found to discriminate, with high sensitivity and specificity, between children with ADHD and controls in both cultural samples. Conclusion: The CHEXI can be considered as a valuable screening measure for ADHD in children, but the cross-cultural clinical implications of ratings have to be considered.
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The CHEXI has good internal consistency and factor structure and a good ability to predict academic achievement.
“Studies have shown that this instrument has a good internal consistency and factor structure and a good ability to predict academic achievement (40, 43).”
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“The EPYFEI questionnaire was correlated with the Spanish versions of the behavior assessment system for children (BASC questionnaire for parents, P1 or P2 in parents with children aged 3–6 or 6–12 years old, respectively) (39), the childhood executive functioning inventory (CHEXI) (40, 41), and the short sensory profi…”
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- Authors
- Catale, C., Meulemans, T., & Thorell, L. B.
- Affiliations
- University of Liège (BE)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- ORCID
- Thorell, Lisa B.
- Venue
- Journal of Attention Disorders
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2013-01-25
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 489-495
- ISSN
- 1087-0547 (ISSN-L)
- 1557-1246
- OpenAlex
- W2096801882
- Cited by
- 66
- References
- 5
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- FWCI
- 1.42
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Attention Disorders (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- ORBi (University of Liège) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Keywords
- executive function, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, French adaptation, cross-cultural validity, inhibition, working memory, parent ratings, screening measures, psychometric properties, children
- MeSH terms
- Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Belgium, Child, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Humans, Inhibition, Psychological, Language, Male, Memory, Short-Term, Parents, Personality Inventory, Psychometrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Reproducibility of Results, Executive Function
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