Reliability of Informant-Report Measures of Executive Functioning in Children with Down Syndrome

The current study evaluates the psychometric properties of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) with children with Down syndrome. Caregivers of 84 children with Down syndrome rated their child's behavior with the BRIEF. Teacher ratings were obtained for 57 children. About...

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Published in:American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilities 2019-05, Vol.124 (3), p.220-233
Main Authors: Esbensen, Anna J, Hoffman, Emily K, Shaffer, Rebecca, Chen, Elizabeth, Patel, Lina, Jacola, Lisa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Age
Behavior
Behavior Rating Scale - standards
Behavior Rating Scales
Caregivers
Child
Child & adolescent psychiatry
Child Behavior
Child Behavior - physiology
Child Health
Children
Children & youth
Children with disabilities
Clinical significance
Clinical trials
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive ability
Community support
Developmental disabilities
Down Syndrome
Down Syndrome - physiopathology
Exceptions
Executive Function
Executive Function - physiology
Female
Gender
Gender differences
Humans
Intellectual disabilities
Intelligence tests
Interrater Reliability
Laboratories
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Memory
Mental Age
Neuropsychology
Normative data
Parents
Psychometrics
Psychometrics - standards
Quantitative psychology
Reliability
Scores
Short Term Memory
Teachers
Teaching Methods
Teenagers
Test Reliability
Thinking Skills
Working groups
Young Children
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Summary:The current study evaluates the psychometric properties of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) with children with Down syndrome. Caregivers of 84 children with Down syndrome rated their child's behavior with the BRIEF. Teacher ratings were obtained for 57 children. About 40% of children with Down syndrome were reported by parents, and 70% by teachers, to exhibit clinically significant challenges with executive functioning. Distribution of scores was normal, internal consistency for subscales was questionable to primarily excellent, and inter-rater reliability was poor to good. Normative data conversions controlled for age, IQ, and gender differences, with some exceptions. The study findings suggest that the BRIEF and its subscales generally performed in a psychometrically sound manner among children with Down syndrome.
ISSN:1944-7515
1944-7558
DOI:10.1352/1944-7558-124.3.220