Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function–Preschool Version (BRIEF-P)
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Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function – Preschool Version (BRIEF-P)Gerard A. Gioia, PhD, Kimberly Andrews Espy, PhD, Peter K. Isquith, PhD (2003)
Purpose: Assess executive functioning in preschool-aged children ages 2-5.11 years
Age Range: Preschool, Child
Admin: Individual
Time: Approximately 10-15 minutes to administer; 15-20 minutes to score
The BRIEF-P is the first standardized measure of executive functioning available for the preschool-aged child!
The observations of parents and teachers provide a wealth of information about a child\’s behavior that is directly relevant to an understanding of that child\’s executive functioning. The assessment of executive function in preschool-aged children is often difficult because of the variable nature of behavior in this age range (ages 2.0-5.11 years); the limitations in motor and verbal proficiency at this age; and the many neuropsychological, psychological, developmental, and other medical conditions that begin to manifest during the preschool years. The BRIEF-P is the first standardized rating scale designed to specifically measure the range of behavioral manifestations of executive function in preschool-aged children–thus facilitating intervention at earlier stages of development.
The BRIEF-P consists of a single Rating Form used by parents, teachers, and day care providers to rate a child\’s executive functions within the context of his/her everyday environments–home and preschool. The original Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) was the basis for the development of the BRIEF-P. Consequently, the BRIEF-P is an ecologically valid and efficient tool for screening, assessing, and monitoring a young child\’s executive functioning and development.
The hand-scorable BRIEF-P Rating Form consists of 63 items that measure various aspects of executive functioning: Inhibit, Shift, Emotional Control, Working Memory, and Plan/Organize. The clinical scales form three broad indexes (Inhibitory Self-Control, Flexibility, and Emergent Metacognition) and one composite score (Global Executive Composite). The BRIEF-P also provides two validity scales (Inconsistency and Negativity).
High internal consistency reliability (.80-.95 for parent sample and .90-.97 for teacher sample); test-retest reliability (.78-.90 for parents and .64-.94 for teachers); and modest correlations between parent and teacher ratings (.14-.28).
Convergent and discriminant validity was demonstrated with other measures of inattention, hyperactivity-impulsivity, depression, atypicality, anxiety, and somatic complaints (i.e., ADHD Rating Scale-IV, Preschool Version; Child Behavior Checklist/1.5-5; Behavior Assessment System for Children-Parent Rating Scale).
Factor analytic studies provide support for the three-factor model of executive functioning as embodied by the three indexes, which accounted for 87% and 92% of the variance in the parent and teacher normative groups, respectively. The Working Memory and the Plan/Organize scales define the first component; the Shift and Emotional Control scales define the second component; and the Inhibit and Emotional Control scales define the third component.
Normative data is based on child ratings from 460 parents and 302 teachers from urban, suburban, and rural areas, reflecting 1999 U.S. Census estimates for race/ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, and age.
Clinical samples included children in the following diagnostic/clinical groups: ADHD, prematurity, language disorders, autism spectrum disorders, and mixed clinical.
The BRIEF-P is useful in assessing preschool-aged children with such medical, acquired neurological, and developmental conditions as prematurity, emerging learning disabilities and attentional disorders, language disorders, traumatic brain injuries, lead exposure, and pervasive developmental disorders/autism.
Kit includes BRIEF-P Professional Manual, 25 Rating Forms, and 25 Scoring Summary/Profile Forms
