A short executive functioning questionnaire in the context of early childhood screening: psychometric properties.

IF 1.6 3区 心理学 Q3 CLINICAL NEUROLOGY
Alyssa R Palmer, Amanda W Kalstabakken, Rebecca Distefano, Stephanie M Carlson, Samuel P Putnam, Ann S Masten
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Abstract

Early childhood executive functioning (EF) predicts later adjustment and academic achievement. However, measuring EF consistently and efficiently across settings in early childhood can be challenging. Most researchers use task-based measures of EF, but these methods present practical challenges that impede implementation in some settings. The current study of 380 3-5-year-old children in the United States evaluated the psychometric properties of a new 14-item parent-reported measure of EF in a diverse urban school district. This questionnaire aimed to capture a normative range of EF skills in ecologically valid contexts. There was evidence for two specific subscales - one that measures children's EF challenges and another that measures children's EF skills. Results suggested that several items demonstrated differential item functioning by age and race. After adjusting for measurement differences across demographic groups and controlling for age at screening, the EF challenges subscale was more strongly related to task-based measures of EF than was the EF skills subscale. EF challenges predicted third-grade math achievement, controlling for demographic variables and a performance-based measure of children's early cognitive and academic skills. Results suggest that this parent report of EF could be a useful and effective early childhood screening tool.

儿童早期筛查中的执行功能简易问卷:心理测量特性。
幼儿期的执行功能(EF)预示着日后的适应能力和学业成绩。然而,在不同的环境中持续有效地测量幼儿期的执行功能是一项具有挑战性的工作。大多数研究人员使用基于任务的 EF 测量方法,但这些方法存在实际挑战,阻碍了在某些环境中的实施。本研究以美国 380 名 3-5 岁儿童为对象,在一个多样化的城市学区评估了由家长报告的 14 个项目的新的幼儿情绪力量测量方法的心理测量特性。该问卷的目的是在生态有效的背景下,捕捉一系列规范的幼儿赋能技能。有证据表明有两个特定的子量表--一个量表测量儿童的 EF 挑战,另一个量表测量儿童的 EF 技能。结果表明,有几个项目的功能因年龄和种族而异。在调整了不同人口群体的测量差异并控制了筛查时的年龄后,与基于任务的评价相比,"EF挑战 "子量表与 "EF技能 "子量表的关系更为密切。在控制了人口统计学变量和以成绩为基础的儿童早期认知和学术技能测量的情况下,EF挑战预测了三年级的数学成绩。研究结果表明,家长对 EF 的报告可以成为有用、有效的幼儿筛查工具。
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Child Neuropsychology
Child Neuropsychology 医学-临床神经学
CiteScore
4.10
自引率
9.10%
发文量
71
审稿时长
>12 weeks
期刊介绍: The purposes of Child Neuropsychology are to: publish research on the neuropsychological effects of disorders which affect brain functioning in children and adolescents, publish research on the neuropsychological dimensions of development in childhood and adolescence and promote the integration of theory, method and research findings in child/developmental neuropsychology. The primary emphasis of Child Neuropsychology is to publish original empirical research. Theoretical and methodological papers and theoretically relevant case studies are welcome. Critical reviews of topics pertinent to child/developmental neuropsychology are encouraged. Emphases of interest include the following: information processing mechanisms; the impact of injury or disease on neuropsychological functioning; behavioral cognitive and pharmacological approaches to treatment/intervention; psychosocial correlates of neuropsychological dysfunction; definitive normative, reliability, and validity studies of psychometric and other procedures used in the neuropsychological assessment of children and adolescents. Articles on both normal and dysfunctional development that are relevant to the aforementioned dimensions are welcome. Multiple approaches (e.g., basic, applied, clinical) and multiple methodologies (e.g., cross-sectional, longitudinal, experimental, multivariate, correlational) are appropriate. Books, media, and software reviews will be published.
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