title: Parent and self-report ratings of executive function in adolescents with myelomeningocele and hydrocephalus.
abstract: Parent and self-report ratings were obtained for 28 adolescents with myelomeningocele and congenital hydrocephalus using the Behavior Assessment System for Children (BASC; Reynolds & Kamphaus, 1998a, 1998b) and the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF; Gioia, Isquith, Guy, & Kenworthy, 2000; Guy, Gioia, & Isquith, 1998). Parents rated their children as having significantly more problems, compared to published norms, on the BRIEF but not the BASC. Adolescents rated themselves as having significantly more problems, compared to parent ratings, on scales comprising the BRIEF Behavioral Regulation Index; but not on common scales of the BASC. Parents also reported more problems on the BRIEF Global Executive Composite than on all three primary BASC indices, and more problems on the BRIEF Metacognition Index than on the BRIEF Behavioral Regulation Index. We conclude that the BRIEF captures salient executive dysfunction among individuals with myelomeningocele and hydrocephalus, and may be useful in identifying needs for intervention that might not be identified by broad-band behavior rating scales alone.
authors.affiliation: Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA. mahone@kennedykrieger.org
authors.forename: E Mark
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Mahone
authors.forename: T Andrew
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Zabel
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Levey
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Verda
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kinsman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000150:complications*; D010290:Parents; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014888:Wechsler Scales