title: Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF): support for a distinction between emotional and behavioral regulation.
abstract: Previous research has supported a three-factor division of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) when dividing the parent form in 9 instead of 8 subscales. The present study investigated different factor models in the 8- and 9-scale division in both the parent and teacher form of the Norwegian BRIEF version. Confirmatory Factor Analyzes showed best fit for the three-factor model in a mixed healthy and clinical sample, indicating a distinction between Emotional and Behavioral Regulation. This division is in accordance with present knowledge of brain function and may increase the specificity of executive dysfunction in clinical groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Research, Vestfold Mental Health Care Trust, Tønsberg, Norway. jens.egeland@piv.no
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Egeland
authors.forename: Øyvind
authors.initials: Ø
authors.lastname: Fallmyr
mesh_terms: D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D056344:Executive Function / Q000502:physiology*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009664:Norway; D011594:Psychometrics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires