A psychometric study of an executive function assessment instrument (TDI-FE).

Autor: Kato SK; Psychological Assessment Laboratory, Community Health Department, Graduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences), Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Porto Alegre, Brazil. sergiokakutakato@gmail.com.; PUCRS. School of Technology, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. sergiokakutakato@gmail.com.; Life Sciences Knowledge Area, Institute for Health Researches, University of Caxias do Sul (UCS), Caxias do Sul, Brazil. sergiokakutakato@gmail.com., Machado FA; Psychological Assessment Laboratory, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Porto Alegre, Brazil., Paganella MP; Life Sciences Knowledge Area, Institute for Health Researches, University of Caxias do Sul (UCS), Caxias do Sul, Brazil., Gurgel LG; Psychological Assessment Laboratory, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Porto Alegre, Brazil., Kaiser V; Psychological Assessment Laboratory, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Porto Alegre, Brazil., Diaz GB; Psychological Assessment Laboratory, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Porto Alegre, Brazil., Serafini AJ; Psychological Assessment Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Porto Alegre, Brazil., Filho NH; Graduate School of Psychology, Universidade São Francisco, Campinas, Brazil., Reppold CT; Psychological Assessment Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BMC psychology [BMC Psychol] 2023 Oct 14; Vol. 11 (1), pp. 336. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Oct 14.
DOI: 10.1186/s40359-023-01373-2
Abstrakt: Background: This study aims to present and discuss the psychometric properties of executive functions, which were measured using the TDI-FE instrument. The analysis encompasses its internal structure, potential sensitivity to fatigue factors, relationships with external criteria, and diagnostic accuracy.
Methods: The study sample comprised 382 students from Brazil, aged 6-8 years. Child development variables were screened using the TDI-FE and gold standard tests (Cancellation Attention and Trail Making Tests). The proposed scale comprised four activities: a test with fruit images with three tasks, and one memory game.
Results: The one-factor model of EF of the TDI-FE failed to fit to the data. However, fit substantially improved once a latent fatigue factor was controlled in the model. The latent factor of EF assessed by the TDI-FE tasks was coherently associated with a series of external variables, including two popular collateral measures of EF. The diagnostic accuracy was reasonable, and a cut-off of 37 points produced 70% of sensitivity and 60% of specificity.
Conclusion: Results indicated that the TDI-FE demonstrated sound psychometric properties and diagnostic accuracy, then consisting of an efficient alternative for the assessment of EFs in early childhood education. The study also proved the need to control for response biases such as fatigue in the latent variable models of EF. The TDI-FE is notable because of its low cost and easy application, and it might fulfill a need for instruments for individuals from different contexts at this stage of development in Brazil.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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