Executive functions: Performance-based measures and the behavior rating inventory of executive function (BRIEF) in adolescents with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-72

  Toplak, Maggie E ^a   Bucciarelli, Stefania M ^b   Jain, Umesh ^c   Tannock, Rosemary ^d  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF); Executive function

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ATOMOXETINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR RATING INVENTORY OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LEARNING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REVERSAL LEARNING;

EID: 57749083288     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: 17444136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297040802070929     Document Type: Article

References (56)

1. American Psychiatric Association. (2000). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (text revision). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association.
2. Anderson, V., Anderson, P., Northam, E., Jacobs, R., & Mikiewicz, O. (2002). Relationships between cognitive and behavioral measures of executive functions in children with brain disease. Child Neuropsychology, 8(4), 231-240.
3. Barkley, R. A. (2006). Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: A handbook for diagnosis and treatment (3rd ed.). New York: Guilford Press.
4. Bodnar, L. E., Prahme, M. C., Cutting, L. E., Denckla, M. B., & Mahone, E. M. (2007). Construct validity of parent ratings of inhibitory control. Child Neuropsychology, 13, 345-362.
5. Castellanos, F. X., Sonuga-Barke, E. J., Milham, M. P., & Tannock, R. (2006). Characterizing cognition in ADHD: Beyond executive dysfunction. Trends in Cognitive Science, 10 (3), 117-123.
6. Conners, C. K. (1997). Conners' Rating Scales-Revised: Technical manual. New York: Multi-Health Systems Inc.
7. Denckla, M. B. (2002). The Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function: Commentary. Child Neuropsychology, 8, 304-306.
8. Donders, J. (2002). The Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function: Introduction. Child Neuropsychology, 8, 229-230.
9. Fischer, M., Barkley, R. A., Smallish, I., & Fletcher, K. (2005). Executive functioning in hyperactive children as young adults: Attention, inhibition, and response perseveration and the impact of comorbidity. Developmental Neuropsychology, 27, 107-133.
10. Gilotty, L., Kenworthy, L., Sirian, L., Black, D. O., & Wagner, A. E. (2002). Adaptive skills and executive function in autism spectrum disorders. Child Neuropsychology, 8, 241-248.
11. Gioia, G. A., & Isquith, P. K. (2004). Ecological assessment of executive function in traumatic brain injury. Developmental Neuropsychology, 25, 135-158.
12. Gioia, G. A., Isquith, P. K., Guy, S., & Kenworthy, L. (2000). BRIEF: Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function professional manual. Lutz, FL: Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc.
13. Gioia, G. A., Isquith, P. K., Kenworthy, L., & Barton, R. M. (2002). Profiles of everyday executive function in acquired and developmental disorders. Child Neuropsychology, 8, 121-137.
14. Gioia, G. A., Isquith, P. K., Retzlaff, P. D., & Espy, K. A. (2002). Confirmatory factor analysis of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) in a clinical sample. Child Neuropsychology, 8, 249-257.
15. Halperin, J. M., & Schulz, K. P. (2006). Revisiting the role of the prefrontal cortex in the pathophysiology of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Psychological Bulletin, 132, 560-581.
16. Huizinga, M., Dolan, C. V., & van der Molen, M. W. (2006). Age-related change in executive function: Developmental trends and a latent variable analysis. Neuropsychologia, 44, 2017-2036.
17. Jonsdottir, S., Bouma, A., Sergeant, J. A., & Scherder, E. J. A. (2006). Relationships between neuropsychological measures of executive function and behavioral measures of ADHD symptoms and comorbid behavior. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 21, 383-394.
18. Kaplan, E., Fein, D., Kramer, J., Delis, D., & Morris, R. (1999). WISC-III-PI manual. San Antonio, TX: The Psychological Corporation.
19. Kaufman, J., Birmaher, B., Brent, D., Rao, U., & Ryan, N. (1997). Schedule for affective disorders and schizophrenia for school-age children - Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL): Initial reliability and validity data. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 36, 980-988.
20. Logan, G. D., & Cowan, W. B. (1984). On the ability to inhibit thought or action: A theory of an act of control. Psychological Review, 91, 295-327.
21. Logan, G. D., Schachar, R. J., & Tannock, R. (1997). Impulsivity and inhibitory control. Psychological Science, 8, 60-64.
22. Mahone, E. M., Cirino, P., Cutting, L., Cerrone, P., Hagelthorn, K., Hiemenz, J., Singer, H., & Denckla, M. (2002). Validity of the Behavior Rating Inventory of executive function in children with ADHD and/or Tourette Syndrome. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 17, 643-662.
23. Mahone, E. M., Hagelthorne, K., Cutting, L., Schuerholz, L., Pelletier, S., Rawlins, C., Singer, H., & Denckla, M. (2002). Effects of IQ on executive function measures in children with ADHD. Child Neuropsychology, 8(4), 52-65.
24. Mahone, E. M., Zabel, T. A., Levey, E., Verda, M., & Kinsman, S. (2002). Parent and self-report ratings of executive function in adolescents with myelomeningocele and hydrocephalus. Child Neuropsychology, 8, 258-270.
25. Mangeot, S., Armstrong, K., Colvin, A. N., Yeates, K. O., & Taylor, H. G. (2002). Long-term executive function deficits in children with traumatic brain injuries: Assessment using the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF). Child Neuropsychology, 8(4), 271-284.
26. Martel, M., Nikolas, M., & Nigg, J. T. (2007). Executive function in adolescents with ADHD. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 46, 1437-1444.
27. McCandless, S., & O'Laughlin, L. (2007). The clinical utility of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) in the diagnosis of ADHD. Journal of Attention Disorders, 10, 381-389.
28. Miyake, A., Friedman, N. P., Emerson, M. J., Witzki, A. H., & Howerter, A. (2000). The unity and diversity of executive functions and their contribution to complex "frontal lobe" tasks: A latent variable analysis. Cognitive Psychology, 41(1), 49-100.
29. Nigg, J. T., Willcutt, E. G., Doyle, A. E., & Sonuga-Barke, E. J. S. (2005). Causal heterogeneity in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Do we need neuropsychologically impaired subtypes. Biological Psychiatry, 57, 1224-1230.
30. Pennington, B., & Ozonoff, S. (1996). Executive functions and developmental psychopathology. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 37(1), 51-87.
31. Reitan, R. (1958). Validity of the Trail Making Test as an indicator of organic brain damage. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 8, 271-276.
32. Riccio, C. A., Homack, S., Jarratt, K. P., & Wolfe, M. E. (2006). Differences in academic and executive function domains among children with ADHD Predominantly Inattentive and Combined Types. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 21, 657-667.
33. Robbins, T. W., James, M., Owen, A. M., Sahakian, B. J., McInnes, L., & Rabbitt, P. (1994). Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB): A factor analytic study of a large sample of normal elderly volunteers. Dementia, 5, 266-281.
34. Rucklidge, J. J., & Tannock, R. (2002). Neuropsychological profiles of adolescents with ADHD: Effects of reading difficulties and gender. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 43(8), 988-1003.
35. Sagvolden, T., Johansen, E. B., Aase, H., & Russell, V. A. (2005). A dynamic developmental theory of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) predominantly hyperactive/impulsive and combined subtypes. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 28(3), 397-419.
36. Salimpoor, V. N., & Desrocher, M. (2006). Increasing the utility of EF assessment of executive function in children. Developmental Disabilities Bulletin, 34, 15-42.
37. Schachar, R., Mota, V. L., Logan, G. D., Tannock, R., & Klim, P. (2000). Confirmation of an inhibition deficit in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 28, 227-235.
38. Seidman, L. J., Valera, E. M., & Makris, N. (2005). Structural brain imaging of attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder. Biological Psychiatry, 57, 1263-1272.
39. Sergeant, J. A., Geurts, H., & Oosterlaan, J. (2002). How specific is a deficit of executive functioning for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder? Behavioral Brain Research, 130, 3-28.
40. Shallice, T. (1982). Specific impairments of planning. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B, 298, 199-209.
41. Silver, C. (2000). Ecological validity of neuropsychological assessment in childhood traumatic brain injury. Journal of Head Trauma and Rehabilitation, 15, 973-988.
42. Slick, D. J., Lautzenhiser, A., Sherman, E. M., & Eyrt, K. (2006). Frequency of scale elevations and factor structure of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) in children and adolescents with intractable epilepsy. Child Neuropsychology, 12, 181-189.
43. Sonuga-Barke, E. (2003). The dual pathway model of AD/HD: An elaboration of neuro-developmental characteristics. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 27, 593-604.
44. Spreen, O., & Strauss, E. (1998). A compendium of neuropsychological tests: Administration, norms, and commentary (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.
45. Stevens, J., Quittner, A., Zuckerman, J., & Moore, S. (2002). Behavioural inhibition, self-regulation of motivation, and working memory in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Developmental Neuropsychology, 21(2), 117-139.
46. Sullivan, J. R., & Riccio, C. A. (2007). Diagnostic group differences in parent and teacher ratings on the BRIEF and Conners' scales. Journal of Attention Disorders, 11, 398-406.
47. Tabachnick, B. G., & Fidell, L. S. (2001). Using multivariate statistics (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
48. Toplak, M. E., & Tannock, R. (2005). Time perception: Modality and duration effects in Attention-Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 33(5), 639-654.
49. Tsujimoto, S., Kuwajima, M., & Sawaguchi, T. (2007). Developmental fractionation of working memory and response inhibition during childhood. Experimental Psychology, 54, 30-37.
50. Unsworth, N., & Engle, R. W. (2007). On the division of short-term and working memory: An examination of simple and complex span and their relation to higher order abilities. Psychological Bulletin, 133, 1038-1066.
51. Vriezen, E. R., & Pigott, S. E. (2002). The relationship between parental report on the BRIEF and performance-based measures of executive function in children with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury. Child Neuropsychology, 8(4), 296-303.
52. Wechsler, D. (1991). Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (3rd ed.). San Antonio, TX: The Psychological Corporation.
53. Wechsler, D. (1999). Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI). San Antonio, TX: The Psychological Corporation.
54. Wilkinson, G. S. (1993). WRAT-3 Administration Manual. Wilmington, DE: Wide Range.
55. Willcutt, E. G., Doyle, A. E., Nigg, J. T., Faraone, S. V., & Pennington, B. F. (2005). Validity of the executive function theory of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A meta-analytic review. Biological Psychiatry, 57, 1336-1346.
56. Williams, B. R., Ponesse, J. S., Schachar, R. J., Logan, G. D., & Tannock, R. (1999). Development of inhibitory control across the lifespan. Developmental Psychology, 35, 205-213.