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Purpose
Assesses adult executive functioning/self-regulation
Authors
Robert M. Roth, PhD, Peter K. Isquith, PhD, Gerard A. Gioia, PhD
Administration Formats
Additional Details
Useful in Assessing Adults for Attention Disorders, LD, ASD, TBI, Multiple Sclerosis, Depression, Cognitive Impairment, Dementia, and Schizophrenia
We recommend the newer version, BRIEF2A. The BRIEF-A is a standardized measure that captures views of an adult’s executive functions or self-regulation in his or her everyday environment. Both a self-report and an informant report are used.
Features and benefits
- Based on the original BRIEF, the BRIEF-A includes 75 items within nine nonoverlapping theoretically and empirically derived clinical scales: Inhibit, Self-Monitor, Plan/Organize, Shift, Initiate, Task Monitor, Emotional Control, Working Memory, and Organization of Materials.
- Useful for a wide variety of developmental, systemic, neurological, and psychiatric disorders such as attention disorders, learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis, depression, mild cognitive impairment, dementias, and schizophrenia.
Available in Spanish
BRIEF-A Self-Report and Informant forms have been translated into U.S. Spanish. This product uses English norms only.
Licensing
The BRIEF Adult Self-Report Scoring Summary/Profile Form (item 5749-PF) is available for licensing.
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FAQs
What is the technical information of the BRIEF®-A?
Technical information
- Normative sample included 1,136 adults from a wide range of racial/ethnic backgrounds, educational backgrounds, and geographic regions.
- Profiles for diagnostic groups, including ADHD, Alzheimer’s disease, and multiple sclerosis, are presented.
- Demonstrates evidence of reliability, validity, and clinical utility as an ecologically sensitive measure of executive functioning in individuals with a range of conditions across a wide age range.
Test structure
Two broad indexes (Behavioral Regulation and Metacognition), an overall summary score, and three validity scales (Negativity, Inconsistency, and Infrequency) are included.
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