Måleegenskaper ved den norske foreldreversjonen av Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF)

Authors

Lin Sørensen Institutt for biologisk og medisinsk psykologi, Universitetet i Bergen https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2112-8957
Mari Hysing RKBU Vest - Regionalt kunnskapssenter for barn og unge, Uni Research Helse https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5303-8879

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ADHD, Barn i førskolealder, Barn i skolealder, Ungdom, Voksne

Abstract

Description: The Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) is a parent report questionnaire for children and youth aged 5-18 years. The questionnaire assesses executive functions in everyday life. BRIEF was developed by Gioia, Isquith, Guy and Kenworthy (2000) and was translated into Norwegian by Nicholas and Hermansen (2004), and later revised by Fallmyr, Ekerholt and Nicholas (2007). A license by the copyright holder PAR, Inc. is needed to buy and use BRIEF.
Literature search: We included six Norwegian publications that reported relevant psychometric data.
Psychometrics: There are no Norwegian norms for BRIEF. There is support for the use of American norms, as these norms were within the 95 % confidence interval of the scores from a Norwegian sample. The validity of the instrument is supported by significant differences between children in clinical groups, more specifically between children with ADHD and their peers. Moderate to high correlations with comparable questionnaire measures indicate good construct validity. There are low to moderate correlations with tests of executive function.
Conclusion: Six Norwegian publications report psychometric properties for BRIEF. There are no national norms, but the exciting evidence indicate that the Norwegian version has good psychometric properties.

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2014-12-09

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Sørensen, L., & Hysing, M. . (2014). Måleegenskaper ved den norske foreldreversjonen av Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF). PsykTestBarn, 4(2), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.21337/0037