title: Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Functioning-Preschool (BRIEF-P) Applied to Teachers: Psychometric Properties and Usefulness for Disruptive Disorders in 3-Year-Old Preschoolers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We provide validation data on the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Functioning-Preschool version (BRIEF-P) in preschool children.
  
  
  METHODS
  Teachers of a community sample of six hundred and twenty 3-year-olds, who were followed up at age 4, responded to the BRIEF-P, and parents and children answered different psychological measures.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Confirmatory factor analysis achieved adequate fit of the original structure (five-first-order-factor plus three-second-order-factor model) after excluding four items. The derived dimensions obtained satisfactory internal consistency, moderate convergent validity with psychopathology and temperament, and good ability to discriminate between children with ADHD. BRIEF-P scales were not associated with a performance-based measure of attention. The teacher's BRIEF-P adds significant clinical information for the diagnosis of ADHD (ΔR(2) from 5.3 to 15.3) when used with other instruments for the assessment of psychopathology, functional impairment, or performance-based attention.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The BRIEF-P may be useful in the identification of preschool children, specifically those with ADHD, who might have a dysfunction in executive functioning.
authors.affiliation: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain Departament de Psicologia Clínica i de la Salut Lourdes.Ezpeleta@uab.cat.
authors.forename: Lourdes
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ezpeleta
authors.affiliation: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain Departament de Psicobiologia i Metodologia de les Ciències de la Salut.
authors.forename: Roser
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Granero
authors.affiliation: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain Departament de Psicobiologia i Metodologia de les Ciències de la Salut.
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Penelo
authors.affiliation: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain Departament de Psicologia Clínica i de la Salut.
authors.forename: Núria
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: de la Osa
authors.affiliation: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain Departament de Psicobiologia i Metodologia de les Ciències de la Salut.
authors.forename: Josep M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Domènech
mesh_terms: D019958:Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D056344:Executive Function / Q000502:physiology; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000592:standards*; D010290:Parents; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012574:Schools; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D013694:Temperament