Sintakala Roshan, Ranjitkar Suman, Chandyo Ram K, Kvestad Ingrid, Ulak Manjeswori, Silpakar Jaya S, Shrestha Merina, Shrestha Laxman, Hysing Mari
Department of Pediatrics, Child Health Research Project, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Department of Community Medicine, Kathmandu Medical College, Nepal.
Sage Open Pediatr. 2025 May 26;12:30502225251338633. doi: 10.1177/30502225251338633. eCollection 2025 Jan-Dec.
To describe psychometric properties of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function-Preschool (BRIEF-P) and its discriminatory ability for risk groups for executive dysfunction (low birth weight (LBW), stunting and low maternal education) among children with poor growth in infancy.
BRIEF-P is widely used to measure executive functions, but knowledge on its psychometric properties in low-and-middle-income countries is limited.
The sample consisted of 529 parents of children (30-35 months). BRIEF-P was subject to confirmatory factor analysis, and internal consistency by alpha calculations and inter-correlations.
A good fit for a bifactor-model with 5 subscales and a general factor. BRIEF-P subscales were higher when mothers had low versus high education. Children born with LBW compared to normal birth weight had poorer Shift and Flexibility scores.
BRIEF-P is feasible and reliable tool to measure executive functions in Nepali children and is associated with key risk factors for executive dysfunction.
描述学前执行功能行为评定量表(BRIEF-P)的心理测量特性,以及该量表对婴儿期生长发育不良儿童中执行功能障碍风险组(低出生体重、发育迟缓、母亲教育程度低)的鉴别能力。
BRIEF-P被广泛用于测量执行功能,但在低收入和中等收入国家,关于其心理测量特性的知识有限。
样本包括529名儿童(30 - 35个月)的父母。对BRIEF-P进行验证性因素分析,并通过计算α系数和相互关联来分析内部一致性。
一个包含5个分量表和一个一般因素的双因素模型拟合良好。母亲教育程度低的儿童,其BRIEF-P分量表得分高于母亲教育程度高的儿童。与正常出生体重的儿童相比,低出生体重儿的转换和灵活性得分更低。
BRIEF-P是测量尼泊尔儿童执行功能的可行且可靠的工具,并且与执行功能障碍的关键风险因素相关。