Department of Psychology, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 89154-5030, USA.
Clin Neuropsychol. 2011 Oct;25(7):1145-57. doi: 10.1080/13854046.2011.595956. Epub 2011 Sep 9.
Neuropsychological and behavioral measures are used to assess attention, but little convergence has been found between these two assessment methods. However, many prior studies have not considered attention as a multicomponent system, which may contribute to this lack of agreement between neuropsychological and behavioral measures. To address this the current study examined the relationship between the neuropsychological measures that comprise a four-component model of attention and parent-report behavioral ratings of attention problems and hyperactivity. A total of 65 children and adolescents who had sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI) were included in the study. Principal components analysis identified the four attention components in this sample, which accounted for 80.9% of the variance. However, correlations between the neuropsychological measures of attention and behavioral ratings of attention and hyperactivity were low and non-significant. This minimal correspondence suggests that neuropsychological and behavioral measures assess different aspects of attentional disturbances in children with TBI.
神经心理学和行为学测量被用于评估注意力，但这两种评估方法之间几乎没有一致性。然而，许多先前的研究并没有将注意力视为一个多成分系统，这可能导致神经心理学和行为学测量之间缺乏一致性。为了解决这个问题，本研究考察了由注意力的四个成分模型组成的神经心理学测量与父母报告的注意力问题和多动行为的关系。共有 65 名患有创伤性脑损伤 (TBI) 的儿童和青少年参与了这项研究。主成分分析确定了该样本中的四个注意力成分，占总方差的 80.9%。然而，注意力的神经心理学测量与注意力和多动行为的行为评定之间的相关性很低且不显著。这种最小的对应关系表明，神经心理学和行为学测量评估了 TBI 儿童注意力障碍的不同方面。
