Fish Jessica, Wilson F Colin
Institute of Health and Wellbeing, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Regional Acquired Brain Injury Unit, Musgrave Park Hospital, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom.
Front Psychol. 2021 Feb 19;12:626291. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.626291. eCollection 2021.
To investigate the external and ecological validity of a standardized test of children's executive functioning (EF), the Behavioral Assessment of the Dysexecutive Syndrome for Children (BADS-C).
There are few standardized measures for assessing executive functions in children, and the evidence for the validity of most measures is currently limited.
A normative sample of 256 children and adolescents from age 8-16 years completed the BADS-C, and a parent or teacher completed rating scales of the child's everyday problems related to EF (Children's version of the Dysexecutive Questionnaire; DEX-C) and Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), a commonly used measure of emotional, social, cognitive, and behavioral problems.
Exploratory factor analyses yielded a two-factor structure to the BADS-C, indicative of monitoring and abstract reasoning processes, and a three-factor structure to the DEX-C, reflecting behavioral, and cognitive components of the dysexecutive syndrome as well as emotional responsiveness. Regression analyses showed significant relationships between BADS-C scores and everyday functioning as reported on the DEX and SDQ. Furthermore, there were significant differences in BADS-C scores between those children in the upper and lower quartiles on the SDQ.
Results provide tentative evidence of BADS-C and DEX-C construct, convergent and predictive validity.
探讨儿童执行功能标准化测试——儿童执行功能障碍综合征行为评估（BADS-C）的外部效度和生态效度。
评估儿童执行功能的标准化测量方法较少，目前大多数测量方法的效度证据有限。
256名8至16岁儿童和青少年的标准化样本完成了BADS-C测试，同时家长或教师完成了与儿童执行功能相关的日常问题评定量表（儿童版执行功能障碍问卷；DEX-C）以及优势与困难问卷（SDQ），后者是一种常用的情绪、社交、认知和行为问题测量工具。
探索性因素分析得出BADS-C具有双因素结构，表明其涉及监测和抽象推理过程；DEX-C具有三因素结构，反映了执行功能障碍综合征的行为和认知成分以及情绪反应能力。回归分析显示，BADS-C得分与DEX和SDQ所报告的日常功能之间存在显著关系。此外，SDQ得分处于上四分位数和下四分位数的儿童在BADS-C得分上存在显著差异。
研究结果初步证明了BADS-C和DEX-C的结构效度、收敛效度和预测效度。
