Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Child Neuropsychol. 2011;17(1):51-66. doi: 10.1080/09297049.2010.509715.
This study examined age-related change in executive function by using a Dutch translation of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF; Gioia et al., 2000) that was applied to a normative sample (age range 5-18 years). In addition, we examined the reliability and factorial structures of the Dutch BRIEF. Results with respect to age revealed a decrease in reported executive function problems with increasing age. On the Behavior Regulation Index (BRI), 5- to 8-year-olds showed significantly more executive function problems than 9- to 11-year-olds, as did the 12- to 14-year-olds compared to 15- to 18-year-olds (except on the Shift subscale). On the Metacognition Index, we found that 9- to 11-year-olds differed significantly from 5- to 8-year-olds on the Working Memory subscale. In addition, the current study showed that the internal consistency of the Dutch BRIEF is very high, and that this version of the BRIEF has a high test-retest stability. Item factor analysis confirmed the expected eight common factor model, and factor analysis of the eight test scores confirmed the two-factor model, as proposed by Gioia et al., in the Dutch data.
本研究使用荷兰语翻译版的行为评定量表中的执行功能部分（BRIEF；Gioia 等人，2000），对一个正常的样本（年龄范围 5-18 岁）进行了研究，以检查执行功能随年龄的变化。此外，我们还检查了荷兰语 BRIEF 的信度和因子结构。年龄方面的结果显示，随着年龄的增长，报告的执行功能问题呈下降趋势。在行为调节指数（BRI）上，5-8 岁的儿童比 9-11 岁的儿童表现出明显更多的执行功能问题，12-14 岁的儿童比 15-18 岁的儿童也表现出更多的问题（除了转移分量表）。在元认知指数上，我们发现 9-11 岁的儿童在工作记忆分量表上与 5-8 岁的儿童有显著差异。此外，本研究表明，荷兰语版 BRIEF 的内部一致性非常高，且此版本的 BRIEF 具有很高的重测稳定性。项目因子分析证实了预期的 8 个共同因子模型，而对 8 个测试分数的因子分析则在荷兰语数据中证实了 Gioia 等人提出的双因子模型。
