Does the BRIEF-P Predict Specific Executive Function Components in Preschoolers?
The current study explored the association between the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function-Preschool (BRIEF-P; Gioia, Espy, & Isquith, 2003 ) and a new battery of direct executive function (EF) measures designed for preschoolers. Forty-two typically developing 3- to 5-year-olds were given the Preschool Executive Function Battery (PEFB; Garon, Smith & Bryson, 2014); their mothers filled out the BRIEF-P. The findings support distinct associations between 3 BRIEF-P scales and corresponding direct EF measures. In particular, a strong association was found between the BRIEF-P Inhibition scale and children's performance on the PEFB Inhibition measure. The findings indicate that parent ratings of preschoolers' everyday EF behavior are related to performance on the PEFB, a laboratory measure. These findings have implications for early screening of children's EF difficulties as well as for future research.
a Department of Psychology , Mount Allison University , Sackville , New Brunswick , Canada.
Nancy M
NM
Garon
b Department of Psychology and Neuroscience , Dalhousie University , Halifax , Nova Scotia , Canada.
Claire
C
Piccinin
c Department of Psychology and Neuroscience , Dalhousie University.|d Department of Pediatrics , IWK Health Centre , Halifax , Nova Scotia , Canada.
Isabel M
IM
Smith
D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002675:Child, Preschool; D056344:Executive Function / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008570:Memory, Short-Term / Q000502:physiology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology
BRIEF-P; Preschool Executive Function Battery; executive function; inhibition; preschool