Validation of the BRIEF-P teacher version in a Galician (Spain) school sample

  1. Veleiro, Alberto 1
  2. Peralbo, Manuel 2
  1. 1 Grupo de investigación en Psicología del Desarrollo y del Aprendizaje Escolar Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación Universidade da Coruña
  2. 2 Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación Universidade da Coruña
Journal:
Revista de estudios e investigación en psicología y educación

ISSN: 2386-7418

Year of publication: 2014

Volume: 1

Issue: 2

Pages: 150-156

Type: Article

DOI: 10.17979/REIPE.2014.1.2.75 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

The preschool version of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function is a rating scale increasingly used in research and widely used in clinical settings for the assessment of the executive skills. However, the studies conducted on its measurement properties are still scarce, and validation studies outside North-America, almost inexistent. In the present study we analyzed its psychometric features in a sample of 452 preschool children who were rated by their teachers. The results from exploratory factor analysis indicated good adjustment of the clinical scales to the three factor model proposed by the authors of the BRIEF-P, as well as high internal consistency. The obtained raw scores were significantly lower than those reported in the normative sample, so the urge upon the construction of adapted norms to our school population is stressed.

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