title: An empirical analysis of the BASC Frontal Lobe/Executive Control scale with a clinical sample.
abstract: Data from a clinical sample of children and adolescents were used to examine the characteristics of the Frontal Lobe/Executive Control (FLEC) scale of the Behavior Assessment System for Children Parent Rating Scales, including preliminary evidence of the scale's clinical utility and relationship to other behavioral measures of executive function and characteristics of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Results indicate that participants in the ADHD and other clinical groups received very similar scores on the FLEC scale, and both groups were rated significantly higher in behaviors associated with executive dysfunction than were participants in the no diagnosis group. Correlational results indicate that scores on the FLEC scale were significantly correlated with scores on the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function-Parent Form and Conners' Parent Rating Scales Revised-Short Form. Based on our results, the FLEC scale appears to be a useful behavioral rating tool in the assessment of executive function that may serve as a supplement to more traditional measures.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas at San Antonio, Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Adult & Higher Education, 501 West Durango Blvd., San Antonio, TX 78207-4415, USA. jeremy.sullivan@utsa.edu
authors.forename: Jeremy R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Sullivan
authors.forename: Cynthia A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Riccio
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D036262:Empirical Research; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011340:Problem Solving / Q000502:physiology*