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The Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) family of measures are rating scales completed by parents and teachers of school children aged 5–18 years (BRIEF), by parents and caregivers of preschool children aged 2–5 years (BRIEF-Preschool Version; BRIEF-P), by adolescents aged 11–18 years (BRIEF-Self-Report Version; BRIEF-SR), or by adults aged 18–90 years and their informants (BRIEF-Adult Version; BRIEF-A). Each version facilitates assessment of the everyday behavioral manifestations of executive dysfunction in the home, school, and/or work environments.
The BRIEF consists of two forms, a parent questionnaire and a teacher questionnaire, designed to assess executive function behaviors of children and adolescents aged 5–18 years in the home and school environments. It includes 86 items within eight non-overlapping clinical scales measuring Inhibit, Shift, Emotional Control, Initiate, Working Memory, Plan/Organize,...
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Gioia, G.A., Isquith, P.K. (2011). Behavior Rating Inventory for Executive Functions. In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79948-3_1881
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