Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Functioning–Preschool (BRIEF-P) Applied to Teachers: Psychometric Properties and Usefulness for Disruptive Disorders in 3-Year-Old Preschoolers

Journal of Attention Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 476-488

  Ezpeleta, Lourdes ^a,b   Granero, Roser ^a,c   Penelo, Eva ^a,c   de la Osa, Núria ^a,b   Domènech, Josep M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Departament de Psicologia Clinica i de la Salut   (Spain)

^c Departament de Psicobiologia i Metodologia de les Ciències de la Salut   (Spain)

Author keywords

Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Functioning Preschool version; confirmatory factor analysis; executive functions; incremental validity; preschool children; reliability; validity

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEMPERAMENT;

ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARENTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOLS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 84939121144     PISSN: 10870547     EISSN: 15571246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087054712466439     Document Type: Article

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