title: Bifactor Modeling of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) in a Chilean Sample.
abstract: The Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Functions evaluates executive functioning through the observation of students' performance in real contexts. Most psychometric studies of the scale have only tested the first-order structure, despite the hierarchical configuration of its theoretical model. A bifactor model was conducted on a normative sample of 5- to 18-year-old Chileans (M age = 11.3 years, SD = 3.7) to test a hierarchical structure of three first-order factors and an independent second-order factor. Bifactor analyses showed best fit for the proposed hierarchical structure. Findings supported a method to evaluate executive functioning models that provides a general global factor score that may complement existing indices and thus help clinicians to make better inferences.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicología, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile cperezs@udec.cl.
authors.forename: Claudia Paz
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Pérez-Salas
authors.affiliation: Carrera de Psicología, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica, Machala, Ecuador.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicología, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oliva
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina, Escuela de Psicología, Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile.
authors.forename: Alonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ortega
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002677:Chile; D056344:Executive Function / Q000502:physiology*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000592:standards*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013334:Students
keywords: BRIEF; bifactor modeling; executive functions