title: Validation of Catalan version of BRIEF-P.
abstract: The BRIEF-P is one of the most used instruments to measure Executive Function (EF). This report is aimed at showing the psychometric properties of the Catalan version of it. To do this, a random cluster sampling was carried out in Osona (Catalonia), recruiting 417 teachers and 408 parents of children aged 3 to 6 years. As with the original instrument, results show that reliability is excellent and that girls have a better EF than boys in the following areas: Working Memory, Plan/Organize, and Inhibit. Since in some areas Catalonia's preschool children show EF values slightly better than those of the reference sample, a new scale for using it in this population is provided.
authors.affiliation: Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain. Albert.Bonillo@uab.cat
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bonillo
authors.forename: Eva Angelina
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Araujo Jiménez
authors.forename: María Claustre
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Jané Ballabriga
authors.forename: Connie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Capdevila
authors.forename: Ramon
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Riera
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D056344:Executive Function; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000592:standards*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013030:Spain